Latest FSD Driving me nuts not going the speed limit

[ezzuh]

I’m on 14.2.2.4 and on the standard profile my truck is regularly driving at 33 mph in a 40 mph zone. I have a relative speed limit offset it it doesn’t seem to matter.

Anyone else experiencing the same? I don’t want to “Hurry” I just don’t want to drive 5mph below the speed limit everywhere.

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[dpoll995]

Speed offset only works with the regular cruise control, TACC, not FSD. Either use hurry or hit the accelerator and make it go a little faster

 

[jf64k]

I liked when we first got v14 and Standard was 5 over, Hurry was 10 over, and Mad Max was sky's-the-limit.

Now, for me at least, the profiles are all over the map and change with each drive, haha!!

In a 70mph zone, Standard will go 65-80, Hurry is 77 (?) to 85. I don't even bother with Mad Max.

And what's with the follow distances now?? It's actually dangerous. Less than one-second a lot of the time.

 

[ezzuh]

Speed offset only works with the regular cruise control, TACC, not FSD. Either use hurry or hit the accelerator and make it go a little faster

I do hit the accelerator to judge it up and it just drifts back down.

What’s the point of having Standard, chill, AND sloth all going below the speed limit!

 

[ezzuh]

I liked when we first got v14 and Standard was 5 over, Hurry was 10 over, and Mad Max was sky's-the-limit.

Now, for me at least, the profiles are all over the map and change with each drive, haha!!

In a 70mph zone, Standard will go 65-80, Hurry is 77 (?) to 85. I don't even bother with Mad Max.

And what's with the follow distances now?? It's actually dangerous. Less than one-second a lot of the time.

Completely agree.

 

[CyberSav]

I can't stand FSD anymore either. It's terrible on the highway. It's like it learned from the worst drivers on the road.

 

[Bill_CT_AZ]

The changes from drive to drive are what concerns me. Mad Max goes way over 45 limit so I set to hurry and it's fine, next time hurry is going 33-35 in the 45 zone.

 

[Ruffles]

I've noticed the same. I keep encouraging it to go 5 over in Standard profile assuming Tesla is capturing data on how many time people are trying to make it go faster. Another thing I've noticed with the last few builds is that when going over hills, it slows down much more than it used to and is acting like a gas car. I'll be doing 40 and hit a hill and it will slow down to 32-33 before it "notices" it needs more power to maintain speed.

 

[CyberGus]

It's like it learned from the worst drivers on the road.

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[J.Graham]

Mine isn't reading the posted limit. So it thinks its in a 70km zone when its actually in a 100km zone.

 

[ezzuh]

I've noticed the same. I keep encouraging it to go 5 over in Standard profile assuming Tesla is capturing data on how many time people are trying to make it go faster. Another thing I've noticed with the last few builds is that when going over hills, it slows down much more than it used to and is acting like a gas car. I'll be doing 40 and hit a hill and it will slow down to 32-33 before it "notices" it needs more power to maintain speed.

I do the same hoping the same. Glad it's not only me experiencing this!

I think the hill thing is a safety issue too.

 

[Outdoors]

Loving mine. Strangely good on snow covered roads. Liking the fact I don't have to feel the fear of gripping the squrkle. I say as I compare this to an S with snow tires. I really don't get how it does it in the snow so good. Nokian Outposts, but really good judgement in distances on slippery surfaces.

 

[CyberSav]

Why I can’t stand FSD on the highway:

Every long highway drive ends the same way: Me wondering if anyone at Tesla actually uses this out on the open road/highways across US or if it just learned from the worst drivers on the roads.


Here’s what consistently ruins it for me:

• Lane changes are hesitant and jerky. It wiggles side to side before committing instead of just… changing lanes like a human would.
• Passing behavior is late and inefficient. It waits until it’s right up on the slower car, slows down, then decides to change lanes. I’d much rather it anticipate earlier and maintain speed.
• Mid-pass hesitation is a real problem. After changing lanes to pass, once I’m alongside the slower car, it often slows down and matches their speed. I end up stuck driving next to them until I press the accelerator.
• Post-pass slowdowns make no sense. Once it moves back in front of a car it just passed, it frequently slows down again instead of holding speed.
• It cannot hold a steady speed. Especially on hills. It doesn’t add power proactively, so speed constantly rises and falls, disrupting traffic and irritating drivers around me. I can't tell you how many times I have to hit the accelerator and tell it to speed up. Too many times per drive!
• Speed control is bizarrely rigid. We need manual speed control back. Period. Tesla does not know better here. On long trips in a 65 mph zone, I like going 70. Standard insists on 72. Chill insists on 67. There’s no way to simply set the speed I actually want. Chill is too slow for me. Standard makes me feel like I'm having to keep an eye out for cops now instead of getting to relax and cruise.
• Manual lane change commands are unreliable. When I tap the stalk, it often doesn’t respond immediately — and sometimes it doesn’t respond at all.
• Speed-limit changes are handled poorly. Sometimes it doesn’t react at all. Other times it reacts aggressively with full regen instead of a smooth adjustment — which repeatedly wakes sleeping passengers on road trips.
• When it doesn’t slow enough for speed changes, I end up scrolling down to Chill and back to Standard just to force it to reset to the usual “5 over” behavior… again with abrupt regen and zero smoothness.

Because of all this, I can’t actually relax. I’m constantly intervening — tapping the accelerator, scrolling modes, nudging lane changes — which completely defeats the purpose of using FSD.

For comparison, I genuinely enjoy using the “dumb” adaptive cruise control in my Mercedes more. I set one exact speed and it holds it uphill and downhill. Lane changes happen instantly when I tap the turn signal. Auto lane changes pass sooner instead of tailgating first. No random slowdowns. When speed changes — automatic or manual — they’re smooth and predictable.

As a result, I can actually relax more in that car on long trips than I can using FSD in the Cybertruck. With FSD, it feels like constant active management and babysitting — not autonomy.

 

[Tommytrader]

Yes, speed control really sucks right now as well as following too close. I find myself constantly scrolling between hurry and chill as well as hitting the accelerator. I also frequently disengage FSD because of the CT following too close to the car ahead of me. It follows at a distance that almost guarantees a windshield replacement from rocks coming off of tires.

 

[SCTesla]

It follows at a distance that almost guarantees a windshield replacement from rocks coming off of tires.

This is BS.

I have almost 70k highway miles and a rock hasn't even touched my windshield. The design of the CT helps with that. There was a thread of people talking about this. It's not anecdotal, rocks just fly right over the windshield.

The follow distance is set by FSD. Speed, conditions, etc. It will follow as close as it calculates it will be able to react.

I agree that speed controls are broken, but as far as I can find there have been no FSD caused rear-end accidents at or above 45 mph (there have been 6 under 35 mph and 1 I saw at 41 mph). It may make you uncomfortable, but all the data shows it's perfectly safe.

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