Tesla's Version 9 Update Includes Arcade Games And Dashcam Function
Tesla’s latest over-the-air software update is now live. Version 9 is, the company says, the “most substantial update yet,” and yes, it does include a cool Easter Egg: Atari Arcade games. Did you expect anything less from the company that added a Mario Kart Rainbow Road to its instrument binnacles?
There are plenty of more serious changes too, including refinements to the navigation system, and streamlined menus.
Also new is a dash cam feature for all Tesla vehicles built from August 2017 onwards. It uses the existing forward-facing camera and can store 10 minutes of footage once the user taps a new dash cam button on the infotainment screen.
All eight of the external cameras fitted to each of Tesla’s models are now active for “better situational awareness on the road”. Also, vehicles will now restrict how quickly drivers can accelerate when they’re bimbling around at lower speeds if obstacles are detected, with the intention of reducing the chance of unintended ‘panic’ acceleration.
In other Tesla news, the company has revealed that the Model 3 is the safest car ever tested by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). The all-electric 3-series rival “has the lowest probability of injury of all cars the safety agency has ever tested,” Tesla said.
It achieved a five-star rating in each of the NHTSA’s crash tests. The organisation previously announced that the Model S and Model X had the “lowest and second lowest probabilities of injury of all cars ever tested.”
So, there we have it: Teslas are both fun and safe. Just don’t ask about the panel gaps…
Growing up on a diet of World Rally Championship highlights and lengthy Gran Turismo 2 sessions, a life in cars was as good as inevitable for Matt.
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Tesla’s priority on passanger comfort is like old N64 games, it can’t be beat.
Yeah Tesla is pretty much a computer on wheels
Nissan GTR: Triggered
And of course you’ll get fined for playing them, since you aren’t paying attention to the road
You should get more than just a fine.
Play that on the road, give up your license.
Knight Rider already did it 35 years ago.
On a serious note, though, this is just another added risk, as people will be playing these games rather than looking at the road, increasing drastically the chances of an accident
If they’re that stupid, then they don’t deserve to be driving a Tesla. Stop grabbing at straws to patronize Tesla for useless claims like that.
I’m pretty sure you can only play them while parked just like how you can’t watch DVDs on the center console unless the handbrake is on. (With the exception of that weird thing LR does)
Ok, the built in dashcam thing is cool, only other company that I know does this is Chevy. The arcade thing, I do not know why anyone would use that
Ah ok ,so they expect us just to sit in our car when it’s in the Garage and play Tesla Videogames instead of sitting down in our Living room and playing god damn FORZA HORIZON 4 ?!
BRUH…
in a couple of years:
tesla moves to full drive by wire controls, allows connecting the car to any nearby console as a controller
Owners now don’t say that autopilot was cause of crash
The model 3 also beat the Demon on the drag strip….. The 1/8 mile .. Because that is where it is at. /s
Where’s the gtr for this?