I think I made this comment when I received a new screen unexpectantly in my MCU2 upgrade. I obviously knew the feel of my old screen after having driven with it for 3.5 years. The new screen felt "sticky," as in my finger did not glide across it as well as I remembered. It may have just been a brand new piece of glass without all the built-up greasy fingerprints I was used to. It also was a hot day when I picked the car up, so maybe my finger was just sweaty. It has not been a detriment in any way. It just felt noticeably different when I first touched it.
I would not let any of this keep you from getting a new screen if that is what you want or need. It looks identical to my old screen (I had no yellowing border, bubbling, etc.). The responsiveness of MCU2 is great. It's still not equivalent to recent I-pad great but a vast improvement over MCU1.
Some initial noticeable changes I have noted since MCU2 upgrade:
- Voice commands just work. They were incredibly frustrating with MCU1, and I had given up on them. For the first time in a long time, I can reply to text messages through the car, and it actually works.
- Bluetooth volume control changed. On MCU1, I would set my phone Bluetooth volume all the way up and then adjust the car's audio to obtain decent volume. Now, the phone's Bluetooth volume is directly connected to the car's volume. Turn up the phone's Bluetooth to the max and the car goes to "11". Decrease the car's volume, and the phone's Bluetooth volume decreases similarly. I discovered this with some pain to my ears when I instinctively just shoved my phone's Bluetooth to the max.
- Connecting a Bluetooth phone call is nearly instantaneous. With MCU1, there was always a couple of seconds delay from accepting a call in the car and actually being connected to the conversation.
- My bass is back! I have premium sound (whatever that was in October 2016). Initially, it sounded fantastic, but my subwoofer was anemic for the past several years after changes were made during software upgrades to the sound codecs used. I'm not a thumping bass fan, but I do like a balanced sound system. I had bass increased on the equalizer to around +4 on MCU1. I now have it on -3. It was that massive of a difference. I think my windows were rattling when I first played music over the MCU2. Initially, I did not think the MCU2 sounded as good as the MCU1, but really it just screwed up my equalization settings (which did not change BTW with the upgrade), and now I have to re-tune the system to a more balanced sound that I prefer.
- Minimal, if any, difference in how autopilot feels. It still does stupid things repeatedly in the same road situations on my daily commute. I'm still hoping the software re-write will give us a significant advance.
- I have not had time to try out stoplight/stopsign stuff (I need to not be in a hurry when I'm going somewhere). It's cool to see the visualizations though on the IC. This car certainly likes orange cones, often misidentifying other objects as cones. At least I hope it won't hit any of the objects with FSD.
- I haven't tried any of the new games. That's for my kids to evaluate. Netflix through the car while supercharging...that's pretty cool and sounds great.
