FSD 13 for 207 miles was flawless

[DrShah]

We did a road trip and headed back from Kennedy Space Center to our home in a suburb outside of Fort Lauderdale, total drive was 207 miles. I used full self driving completely on our way home today. Zero interventions, zero disengagement, zero screams from the wife, hell she even slept for 90 min of the journey. Once I got to our neighborhood, it still can’t differentiate between the visitor lane and the resident lane at the gated community. Otherwise this was absolutely phenomenal. Kids were in the back watching Disney+, this is how Road tripping should be. Also, they have free Tesla, destination chargers literally in the front row right outside the visitor entrance in Lot 4.

I have a non FS Cyberbeast, I left KSC with 100% and arrived at home with 24% or 77 miles. I was averaging 75-80mph on FSD.

Bonus: Zero hate, zero drama, my sentry mode was full of random tourists taking pictures with the CT.
I let a bunch of random tourists look inside and answered all of the questions, overall it was a very happy and positive experience. The tourists were mainly from Europe and Latin America.

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[JCERRN]

Nice. Ive personally found v13 to be fairly smooth, still not without occasional quirks for “everyday” driving. There are still some circumstances that are challenging for it, that require understanding that humans do stupid unpredictable stuff sometimes. Also, cant wait for auto unpark and driveway features. Not to mention ASS for CT

 

[sjarriel]

I wish I could share that experience. My FS CT with FSD 13.2.8 drive me from Houston to NOLA and back last week. Multiple interventions in each direction, mostly because it was drifting over yellow lines and coming way too close to concrete retainer walls at 70-75mph. I would call its lane centering a low priority, and certainly not precision driving. Driving my wife's MY with FSD 13.2.8 from Houston to Austin is a different story, with zero intervention needed. I am going to try a 'recalibrate' on the truck's cameras and see if that makes any difference. But no way I would consider FSD ready for prime time (ie, unsupervised) driving yet

 

[CyberGus]

I am going to try a 'recalibrate' on the truck's cameras and see if that makes any difference.

Road lines are just a suggestion tbh

Mine will drift as you say, but I've never felt the need to intervene over it.

 

[DrShah]

I took my parents to my friend’s boat on the Miami river from Weston, zero intervention for the 31 miles this morning.

 

[Woodrick]

I haven't had to drive in what seems like months now .

And FSD isn't supposed to know the difference between a visitor and residents lane. And even if it did, it would have to know if it was a resident or visitor to pick the right one.

 

[REM]

Road lines are just a suggestion tbh

Mine will drift as you say, but I've never felt the need to intervene over it.

For a long while I was annoyed at the drifting until I noticed it doing that when there are long, sharp shadows on the road. I do a lot of rural driving.

FSD still makes absurd navigational errors sometimes though; such as ignoring its own turn signal and going the complete opposite direction than I need to go. This happens when I allow FSD to start from parked and turn out of my driveway.

 

[CyberGus]

For a long while I was annoyed at the drifting until I noticed it doing that when there are long, sharp shadows on the road. I do a lot of rural driving.

FSD still makes absurd navigational errors sometimes though; such as ignoring its own turn signal and going the complete opposite direction than I need to go. This happens when I allow FSD to start from parked and turn out of my driveway.

Yeah, even the path shown in the nav is "just a suggestion" lol

 

[bigcong]

For a long while I was annoyed at the drifting until I noticed it doing that when there are long, sharp shadows on the road. I do a lot of rural driving.

FSD still makes absurd navigational errors sometimes though; such as ignoring its own turn signal and going the complete opposite direction than I need to go. This happens when I allow FSD to start from parked and turn out of my driveway.

I noticed sometimes it trigger opposite direction signal merging and turning on highway.

 

[DrShah]

I noticed sometimes it trigger opposite direction signal merging and turning on highway.

have not seen that yet

 

[REM]

I noticed sometimes it trigger opposite direction signal merging and turning on highway.

Yeah, those little nuance edge cases are super interesting; I'd love to see the logic behind why it chose that path.

random pro tip when using FSD: always anticipate "what's the dumbest thing this truck could do right now" and you will be ready to react to anything out of line.

though, you will find that line of thinking more useful when you have oncoming traffic and it starts edging closer to the intersection from a stop sign than you will it deriving a straight path down an interstate.

 

[noobla3]

Road lines are just a suggestion tbh

Mine will drift as you say, but I've never felt the need to intervene over it.

‘Lanes are a distraction to get to point B. ‘

If anyone knows my reference

 

[DrShah]

I haven't had to drive in what seems like months now .

And FSD isn't supposed to know the difference between a visitor and residents lane. And even if it did, it would have to know if it was a resident or visitor to pick the right one.

agreed but i bet eventually it will.

 

[willdesign]

I wish I could share that experience. My FS CT with FSD 13.2.8 drive me from Houston to NOLA and back last week. Multiple interventions in each direction, mostly because it was drifting over yellow lines and coming way too close to concrete retainer walls at 70-75mph. I would call its lane centering a low priority, and certainly not precision driving. Driving my wife's MY with FSD 13.2.8 from Houston to Austin is a different story, with zero intervention needed. I am going to try a 'recalibrate' on the truck's cameras and see if that makes any difference. But no way I would consider FSD ready for prime time (ie, unsupervised) driving yet

Hey there,
I've been troubleshooting the same issue up here in Kentucky, especially on the more recent windy days. FSD's wandering from the lane center in "Standard" mode was, at times, like having a lazy or drunk driver in command. Like you, I was intervening when things got too close for comfort.
I did a bunch of research, dug in with Grok, and landed on two things that have helped:

1. Put FSD into "Hurry" mode, which forces the FSD to be more aggressive in adhering to the lane center.
2. In "Dynamics," switch to "Sports" mode. This will lower the vehicle (making it a tad less comfortable), which helps with wind shear and lowers your center of gravity—just simple physics.

These hacks helped me; I tested them a few times and they definitely improved the situation, though it's not perfect like our '24 Model Y, but it's getting closer.
Considering what we're seeing, the Model Y has had about 1000 times more miles driven and a massively larger data set. We are early pioneers with a new rear-wheel steering system, over 1,500 pounds heavier, and vastly different height and aerodynamics. FSD is learning as we intervene, but this is going to be a bit of a journey if we're being honest. The confidence isn't like the Model Y right now, but it will get there—just keep driving, friends!

 

[DrShah]

Hey there,
I've been troubleshooting the same issue up here in Kentucky, especially on the more recent windy days. FSD's wandering from the lane center in "Standard" mode was, at times, like having a lazy or drunk driver in command. Like you, I was intervening when things got too close for comfort.
I did a bunch of research, dug in with Grok, and landed on two things that have helped:

1. Put FSD into "Hurry" mode, which forces the FSD to be more aggressive in adhering to the lane center.
2. In "Dynamics," switch to "Sports" mode. This will lower the vehicle (making it a tad less comfortable), which helps with wind shear and lowers your center of gravity—just simple physics.

These hacks helped me; I tested them a few times and they definitely improved the situation, though it's not perfect like our '24 Model Y, but it's getting closer.
Considering what we're seeing, the Model Y has had about 1000 times more miles driven and a massively larger data set. We are early pioneers with a new rear-wheel drive system, over 1,500 pounds heavier, and vastly different height and aerodynamics. FSD is learning as we intervene, but this is going to be a bit of a journey if we're being honest. The confidence isn't like the Model Y right now, but it will get there—just keep driving, friends!

Agreed, I use hurry mode, and will continue to use it to help gather more data for them to continue to improve upon.

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