i know this release is old news now, but i have to say it. just got back from another vegas road trip using 2018.12, previously i did it on 2018.10.4. hands down, 2018.12 is much much much superior to even 2018.10.4. biggest differences i saw:
- much better sharp curve performance. even on pacheco pass and the tehachapi mountains (the two most challenging sections of this drive), it kept the car perfectly centered, and seemed to be willing to turn the steering wheel much sharper than 2018.10.4. the only times i had to intervene was when someone else encroached into my lane and made me uncomfortable. otherwise i think i drove less than 15 miles out of the 1000 miles and that was mostly getting to superchargers and other local stops.
- way better brake ramping for sudden waves. it seems to not only recognize slow/stopped cars from longer, but now it acts in a much more human-like manner, where it will rapidly brake ahead of time, and then approach slower traffic at a much more reasonable speed. before it would kind of start out with slow braking and then escalate as the distance closes, which makes it really stressful/difficult to correctly supervise
locally i had been driving with 2018.12 and not noticing a big difference for weeks. it wasn't until this road trip that it was undeniable that there were improvements in 2018.12.
- much better sharp curve performance. even on pacheco pass and the tehachapi mountains (the two most challenging sections of this drive), it kept the car perfectly centered, and seemed to be willing to turn the steering wheel much sharper than 2018.10.4. the only times i had to intervene was when someone else encroached into my lane and made me uncomfortable. otherwise i think i drove less than 15 miles out of the 1000 miles and that was mostly getting to superchargers and other local stops.
- way better brake ramping for sudden waves. it seems to not only recognize slow/stopped cars from longer, but now it acts in a much more human-like manner, where it will rapidly brake ahead of time, and then approach slower traffic at a much more reasonable speed. before it would kind of start out with slow braking and then escalate as the distance closes, which makes it really stressful/difficult to correctly supervise
locally i had been driving with 2018.12 and not noticing a big difference for weeks. it wasn't until this road trip that it was undeniable that there were improvements in 2018.12.
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