Cybertruck on FSD 12.5.5 Drives Us 99% of the Time on 1,126 miles (1,812km) Road Trip

[txtravwill]

I'd be dead if used FSD on my 10 mile drive into town every single time no doubt. That or I'd be sitting at a turn after latest update that won't even turn onto highways.

fSD is good for lane keep at best on freeways for me. Dangerous otherwise. Use at your own risk for sure it seems unless you live in certain parts of CA.

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[Cincycyber]

I love the truck but FSD is nowhere that good in my experience. Routinely waits too long to merge into exit lanes on the highway and therefore misses the turns, twice ran red lights and into oncoming traffic twice by going over the double yellow. I report all of this but it's very much a beta release and Tesla has made that clear. Can't wait for the next revision before Thanksgiving.

 

[ehuna]

FSD has improved a lot that now it's so boring to watch-thanks for the post.

Exactly, it’s awesome that so many of us can see how great FSD is!

I’m sure there’s some valid criticism, especially for older versions - but it wouldn’t surprise me if some of these negative Nancys have some interest in complaining.

Even in this thread, it looks like two separate conversations going on, with those that support and those that are critical of FSD.

Think about it, once unsupervised FSD is released next year, who would buy a car that does NOT drive itself?

I now take every criticism of Tesla self-driving with a grain of salt and often call them on their bs. ?

 

[cybergriz]

My latest Cybertruck FSD video, watch in 4k -



In this 3 minutes video, we can see how our Tesla FSD Cybertruck takes us on a 1126 miles (1812 km) road-trip from San Francisco, California to Bend, Oregon and back. An action packed video, with California and Oregon experiences, with music by the Stray Cats.

This was on Tesla supervised Full Self-Driving (FSD) v12.5.5 on a 2024 Foundation series AWD Cybertruck with HW4.

This round-trip took about 20 hours over multiple days, here are some highlights, sped up 8x with some music by the Stray Cats -

00:01 Our Cybertruck, took us on a road trip from California to Oregon and back, over 1000 miles (1609 km).

00:07 Tesla, full self-driving (FSD) v12.5.5 drove us using an end-to-end AI model, both on the highway and city streets.

00:15 We did not, touch the steering wheel, brakes, or accelerator pedals 99% of the time.

00:33 On YouTube, use "cc" to turn on captions, then use "Settings" ⛭ to set the title captions to French ??, Portuguese ??, Chinese ??, or Hebrew ??.

00:29 Candlestick, this location was home for the San Francisco 49ers for many years, now replaced by the new stadium in Santa Clara (American Football ?).

00:41 San Francisco, downtown with the iconic Salesforce Tower and pyramid buildings in the horizon.

00:56 The Bay Bridge, connects the cities of San Francisco and Oakland, over the San Francisco Bay ??.

01:09 Berkeley, home of the California Golden Bears ?, University of Berkeley.

01:20 Autopark, is a feature where the Tesla Cybertruck parks itself, we used it on many pit stops.

See https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/cybertruck/en_us/GUID-0C763E08-D0B8-4404-8180-1054F635C08C.html

01:28 The Speed Limit, most of the time on highway I-5 was 70 MPH (112 KMH), so I set the Cybertruck's max speed to 79 MPH (127 KMH).

01:41 California Golden Hills, on the I-5, a United States ?? major highway that spans 1,381 miles (2,223 km) and runs north–south through the states of California, Oregon, and Washington

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interstate_5

The I-5, highway traverses all of California, from Tijuana, Mexico in the south to Vancouver, Canada in the north.

01:52 The Tesla, Superchargers are extremely useful for road trips. We got often over 200 miles (321 km) of range in 15 minutes of charging!

02:07 Tesla now has, over 60,000 Superchargers in the United States ??, China ??, Europe ??, and all over the world.

See https://www.tesla.com/findus

02:19 Mount Shasta is a potentially active stratovolcano just south of Oregon. At an elevation of 14179 ft (4322 m), it is the fifth-highest peak in California, often snowy. ?

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Shasta

02:29 Weed, is a city in northern California, with an unusual name. ?

02:35 A Tesla Supercharger, Version 4 (V4) in Weed, California, with up to 250 kW of power!

See https://www.tesla.com/supercharger

02:45 Say Hi, to our puppy dog Hope. ? ?

02:47 The Cybertruck, is able to handle the roundabouts in Bend, Oregon - no problem. ?

02:53 We went, into "Off-Road" mode and at some point we used "Trail Assist".

See https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/cybertruck/en_us/GUID-1AD8BC96-CFD8-43B3-AF5F-9755BAAC8F3A.html and https://www.tesla.com/ownersmanual/cybertruck/en_us/GUID-9C572163-DB86-44AC-9842-AB6EE84D6441.html

03:00 Snow, in Crater Lake, Oregon, that was formed around 7,700 years ago.

See https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crater_Lake

Let me know if you have any questions or suggestions!

I love you!

 

[ehuna]

I love you!

Thanks for the love @cybergriz, I appreciate you!

 

[MeadowShade]

So have you tried with towing? I have towed and camper and a box car trailer over 7,000 miles and FSD was disabled because of the trailer automatically.

BUT, yesterday we towed a 1/2 ton utility trailer without any trailer brakes. (both the other trailers have electric brakes) and FSD was full functional? Hello?

Is this a glitch or what we can expect. It was perfect for 120 plus miles round trip!

 

[ehuna]

Great video. I love FSD and put the audio feedback when I have to take over.
@ehuna What camera and mount were you using and what did you use to make the video.

Thanks!

I used -

1. A GoPro Hero 12.
2. This car roof camera mount https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07F1NG6DY/
3. This extension rod https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08CZ164JZ (sometimes a couple)

For editing the video I used Final Cut Pro X on a Macbook Pro M1 - I learned how to use it by going through this course -

https://www.udemy.com/share/102egq3...9x4UonvSC4WovRDYQfTloQuRKu-2gksLxjpNjTJf4A==/

 

[ehuna]

So have you tried with towing? I have towed and camper and a box car trailer over 7,000 miles and FSD was disabled because of the trailer automatically.

BUT, yesterday we towed a 1/2 ton utility trailer without any trailer brakes. (both the other trailers have electric brakes) and FSD was full functional? Hello?

Is this a glitch or what we can expect. It was perfect for 120 plus miles round trip!

I haven't tried towing yet, thanks for the info, not sure if FSD is supposed to work or not in those situations. ?‍

 

[L3it3R]

in making excuses for the FSD, can we at least set the lowest bar and standards as being able to pass the DMV driving test for new drivers?

I use FSD every single drive. I have also used it for the past 3 years and know that it makes mistakes. I never let it do something unsafe or near what was described. The 'supervised' name is there for a reason. You're responsible for its actions. If you let it do something, that's on you.

 

[CyberTruckeeTheOne]

I haven't tried towing yet, thanks for the info, not sure if FSD is supposed to work or not in those situations. ?‍

It does not as soon as it can read that it's pulling a trailer.

Heard that it will soon be able to know it's pulling trailers by inputting tow dimensions and the FSD can deploy.

But with Elon, I won't be holding my breath.

 

[CyberTruckeeTheOne]

I use FSD every single drive. I have also used it for the past 3 years and know that it makes mistakes. I never let it do something unsafe or near what was described. The 'supervised' name is there for a reason. You're responsible for its actions. If you let it do something, that's on you.

That's why NHSA is telling them not to call it FSD as it's nowhere near.

 

[ehuna]

That's why NHSA is telling them not to call it FSD as it's nowhere near.

The folks who use FSD daily disagree - and one thing is for sure, your Toyota 4Runner won’t have FSD. ?

You have no idea on when it’ll be ready - but you get ready buddy, because UNSUPERVISED FSD is coming to California and Texas before July 2025. ?? ?

 

[CyberTruckeeTheOne]

The folks who use FSD daily disagree - and one thing is for sure, your Toyota 4Runner won’t have FSD. ?

You have no idea on when it’ll be ready - but you get ready buddy, because UNSUPERVISED FSD is coming to California and Texas before July 2025. ?? ?

Don't get me wrong, I'll be the happiest and that will be my wildest wet dreams if FSD becomes what Waymo is since we love going on a road trip and thus have 12,383 miles on it Canada and back in 8 months.

And wettest if my Cybertruck, which already spent 5 weeks in service bay in just over 6 months will be like my former 4runner that except for oil and fluid changes, spent zero days in 127,245 miles in my 14 years of ownership and sold with 1/3 value retention.

Here is another bs from my 30-mile drive yesterday.

I know it already veers too much on the left overtaking a semi and did it again. But this time, (maybe) after sensing it will be hitting the railings, it overcompensated going back to the right that it was going straight to the undercarriage of the rig until I took over.

Seriously, you think everyone telling and posting their own experience seeing same dangerous maneuvers and FSD tendencies are lying?

Real honest to goodness FSD in 2025?

Hold your breath for that if you want but I ain't.

 

[ehuna]

Don't get me wrong, I'll be the happiest and that will be my wildest wet dreams if FSD becomes what Waymo is since we love going on a road trip and thus have 12,383 miles on it Canada and back in 8 months.

And wettest if my Cybertruck, which already spent 5 weeks in service bay in just over 6 months will be like my former 4runner that except for oil and fluid changes, spent zero days in 127,245 miles in my 14 years of ownership and sold with 1/3 value retention.

Here is another bs from my 30-mile drive yesterday.

I know it already veers too much on the left overtaking a semi and did it again. But this time, (maybe) after sensing it will be hitting the railings, it overcompensated going back to the right that it was going straight to the undercarriage of the rig until I took over.

Seriously, you think everyone telling and posting their own experience seeing same dangerous maneuvers and FSD tendencies are lying?

Real honest to goodness FSD in 2025?

Hold your breath for that if you want but I ain't.

@CyberTruckeeTheOne it's easy to look at your posts and see how negative you are on Tesla. You seem to play this game of inserting some positive sentiment only to follow with a bunch of anti-Tesla BS.

Is Toyota paying you? ?

As I mentioned earlier-

I’m sure there’s some valid criticism, especially for older [FSD] versions - but it wouldn’t surprise me if some of these negative Nancys have some interest in complaining.

Even in this thread, it looks like two separate conversations going on, with those that support and those that are critical of FSD.

Think about it, once unsupervised FSD is released next year, who would buy a car that does NOT drive itself?

I now take every criticism of Tesla self-driving with a grain of salt and often call them on their bs.

I wonder how many of these fakes are around on cybertruckownersclub.com, reddit, etc. ?

https://www.cybertruckownersclub.com/forum/members/cybertruckeetheone.21713/

 

[Bobo_LaDouche]

My biggest issue with FSD currently is the speed issue. It will happily drive along the highway at the posted 65 mph, and when I get to a small "town" with a 45 mph speed limit it will VERY quickly (too quickly) slow down to the posted 45 mph. But then when the speed increases back to 65, it may take 5+ miles to get back up to 65 mph. I know it sees the 65 mph speed limit sign because the displayed limit changes back to 65 from 45. I don't understand how accelerating to the posted speed limit can possibly be overlooked by the FSD team.

EDIT: Actually, I don't know if it would ever return to the posted 65 mph speed limit, I've always been too impatient to wait. I've given it 5 miles a couple of times, and it never gets there. It does very gradually, over several miles, increase speed from to 52-62 mph though, so I'm assuming it would eventually get to 65, but who knows.

This 'lack of speed' situation creates safety issues when passing, in my experience. I am continuously exposed to dangerous situations due to slow passing, particularly on Interstate highways where semi-truck traffic is heavy. This is why I do not use FSD on the Cybertruck. On the model 3 this is not an issue for me.

The passing is so slow that I end up side-by-side with semi-trucks constantly, for long intervals. The freeway FSD experience has become one of seeking a truck to tailgate, tailgating far too long, then passing slowly while the truck swerves at me and tosses rocks from tires, and then the CT searches for another semi to repeat the experience. Seems like 75% of my time on the Interstate is driving in this mode, tailgating a semi-exhaust while on FSD, which is a very unpleasant driving experience, and dangerous often enough.
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Cruise control works better, because FSD is so touchy if you pass more safely (and easily lose control of FSD), because FSD is disconnected until you put the car in park, thus negating any time-benefits for passing safely. Cruise control is lost in this circumstance, since it can not be started on-the-fly, but also requires to park the car to enable.

The solution is for the FSD to learn to pass safely. The vehicle needs to be more decisive with the passing manuever, as a human does. Human judgement is far superior to the the FSD computer action as it is currently programed.

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