I got the free trial two days ago and I'm very surprised at how bad the acceleration and deceleration is.
When I drive, there are plenty of times where I'm heavy-footed... but not when my wife's in the car. She doesn't like it and feels unwell from the acceleration. My braking is pretty smooth though because regen determines my stopping distance and it tends to be a smooth stop.
When my wife drives, it's a very smooth ride both accelerating and decelerating.
When FSDb drives, it accelerates too hard. Not hard like when I'm flooring it, but definitely too hard for a chauffer-smooth driving experience. Then as soon as it gets up to the speed limit, it sharply flatlines, which is also slightly jarring. Finally, it's braking distances seem *shorter* than what regen does, also leading to an uncomfortable experience.
With all the difficulty of teaching an AI to drive, this smoothness of acceleration / deceleration *seems* like the easy thing to get right. It's pretty bad... and definitely reduces my confidence in Tesla's abilities. This just seems like a no-brainer.
When I drive, there are plenty of times where I'm heavy-footed... but not when my wife's in the car. She doesn't like it and feels unwell from the acceleration. My braking is pretty smooth though because regen determines my stopping distance and it tends to be a smooth stop.
When my wife drives, it's a very smooth ride both accelerating and decelerating.
When FSDb drives, it accelerates too hard. Not hard like when I'm flooring it, but definitely too hard for a chauffer-smooth driving experience. Then as soon as it gets up to the speed limit, it sharply flatlines, which is also slightly jarring. Finally, it's braking distances seem *shorter* than what regen does, also leading to an uncomfortable experience.
With all the difficulty of teaching an AI to drive, this smoothness of acceleration / deceleration *seems* like the easy thing to get right. It's pretty bad... and definitely reduces my confidence in Tesla's abilities. This just seems like a no-brainer.