Re:Car companies are in a billion-dollar software war
by rossjudson on Monday May 12, 2025 @01:41AM
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It makes me sad that a bunch of people who've never used/adjusted to the Tesla yoke are all but guaranteeing (via whining) that yokes are going to disappear. The yoke is great after you've adjusted to it, and I don't care about proportional steering at all. That's complexity I don't need.
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Re:Car companies are in a billion-dollar software war
by qwerpy on Monday May 12, 2025 @02:11AM
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The proportional steering with a yoke on their trucks is awesome. I did not want a yoke, but I wanted the truck and had no choice. I now can’t imagine going back to any other kind of steering. You acclimate to it within minutes.
Re:Car companies are in a billion-dollar software war
by fossuser on Monday May 12, 2025 @02:02AM
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Yeah it’s a better design, particularly with the driver screen and it took me 10 minutes to get used to it.
I also prefer no stalks.
Re:Car companies are in a billion-dollar software war
by SR2Z on Monday May 12, 2025 @10:40AM
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Yokes will be fine - but only BECAUSE they can have variable ratios now.
Frankly, there are a lot of quirky design choices on a Tesla that make them unpleasant for me to drive:
- not being able to coast/disable regenerative braking
- the current implementation of the yoke and capacitive buttons outside the CT
- placing FSD/cruise on the shifter
I don't think these are "get used to it" things, I think they're actually worse UX for most people. I also think that Tesla implemented every single one as cost-cutting measures on a supposedly "luxury" car that's now falling further and further behind the competition.