FSD Beta 10.69.2 vs New York City

We take Tesla's FSD Beta 10.69.2 and put it to the ultimate Vision-Only test with a very busy NYC. Will it pass or fail?

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0:00 Intro
3:09 Tunnel Entry (NoA)
11:36 Toll Booth (NoA)
17:24 Lincoln Tunnel (NoA)
22:37 NYC (FSD Beta)
34:39 Final Thoughts

// CAR CONFIG //
Car: Model S
Trim: Plaid
Hardware: 3.0
MCU: 3.0
Full Self-Driving: Enabled
FSD Beta: 10.69.1.1

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[GOVAUS]

Great drive, thank you. This is one of the most challenging environments in US for sure.

[boboo]

Awesome video man. I look forward to the day when commuters can just have a relaxing drive to work. Removing the stress alone is worth the price of FSD personally.

[thriller]

Had a model 3 for 4 years and only got The beta 2 months before trading it in so im starting over. I think they are going to tackle all the NYC edge cases last. That’s when it will really be ready for prime time.

[TheBXaa]

Lincoln Tunnel to Midtown/Port Authority/Times Square; nightmare scenario for FSD and Human. Love it!

[peterwtie]

Awesome video, lots of good advice; being familiar with New York City traffic people and circumstances it will be a challenge for FST to navigate the city streets better than a human. Will follow your instructional videos with pleasure, thank you!…

[johnweiner]

I live in Paris, France...FSD will have to be trained for traffic circles with lots of fast-moving cars and trucks (e.g. place de l'Étoile), AND concentric traffic circles with inner and outer lanes and exit points (e.g. place de l'Italie)...good luck with that.

[bobedwards]

great test, love that you arnt too biased, calling it how it is.
honestly, it quite sketchy in that environment

[ddorbuck]

Awesome video! Thank you. As a fellow New England Tesla owner w/FSD and your neighbor to the north in CT i will continue to take metro north into the city for now ;> Be well!

[davidkendall]

Wow, complexity of FSD beta driving in downtown NYC is painfully evident. Thanks for doing this demonstration!

[aussiet]

Thanks, ,
and i thought the Melbourne CBD was congested, still the drivers seem about the same . Much appreciated T.

[Tiigerr]

Disengagements auto flag, so no worries there. Great video!

[hchchc]

To drive in Manhattan, system must be assertive and perhaps even aggressive sometimes, like the human pilots.
Tesla needs to enlist the help of NYC yellow taxi drivers to train its FSD Beta for driving in NYC.

[iowa_don]

I've had 10.69.2 do some incredibly stupid things in only two days of driving it. Lane changes in an intersection. Completely missing getting into the left turn lanes for getting onto the freeway. Almost stopping going into a left turn lane and leaving the rear of the car out in traffic (the truck behind me gave me the "bird" for that one). Turning on the turn signal when stopped at a traffic light when not in a turn lane, i.e. signaling a lane change while stopped at a traffic light. Waiting until WAY too late to change lanes getting ready for turns. Changing lanes in one direction only to change back shortly after. Going down a freeway on ramp at 35 MPH to merge with traffic going 75 MPH. AND it still completely ignores speed limit changes in school zones (a pet peeve of mine). After exiting the freeway for a left turn, it turned into the turn lane to go back onto the freeway in the opposite direction rather than into the regular traffic lane for the route it was following. It seems like there is still a long way to go. I'm in the Phoenix Arizona area.

[routine]

"very good build in the right conditions" ---- absolutely spot on. My first drive with this build was a massive improvement from 10.12, but with no traffic around. It has become very good at negotiating roads and stoplights and intersections etc... basic road rules. Now it needs better "street smarts" for negotiating in traffic. And, I would love a way to dial back the acceleration. I enjoy riding slow. Great video as usual! Thank you.

[kikidoll]

These are the tests I love to see. Thanks Brother.

[NickJPeros]

Excellent real-world documentation and a preview of what to expect even in San Francisco.

New proposal: a few days ago you proposed the “school bus standard for comfort of the user. Consider adding the “grandfather standard” of comfort i.e. would grandpa feel comfortable having FSD drive him to a store or to a nearby city to visit with friends/family.

That’s what I had in mind when I bought FSD 5 years ago.

[pmcpmc]

I would laugh hysterically if William Daniels the voice of KITT on Knight Rider came though the car speakers and said can I take you to the nearest Starbucks lol

[whitepuf]

Excellent video as usual thank you. I was expecting better result in NYC from FSD Beta but as you point out it’s the ultimate difficulty so it’s understandable. Let see at the end of the year if it gets better in the city.

[Nichen]

The ultimate challenge, damn straight hehe. Thanks for the upload!

[I_dont_want_an_at]

New York is stupid for not removing cars from Manhattan