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[powerboatr]

People with the bluecruise feature, do you like it so far?
I was watching reviews and the common complaint is how it handles speed during curves.

i have no bc, but it think it would a worthwhile option to have for those long boring drives to mobile
lane centering is very nice and stop and go cruise

gm has the hands free with passing ability or so they say..thats asking an awful lot from HAL to see far enough up and make a decision to pass on a 2 lane road..or so the gm commercial looks to be doing
that is ton of variables and YES check boxes to accomplish IMO

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[22F150]

People with the bluecruise feature, do you like it so far?
I was watching reviews and the common complaint is how it handles speed during curves.

I haven't been very impressed with it.

If you're in the right lane, it goes off BC at almost every exit.
If the highway has a sharper than average turn to it, it asks you to take control.
It's hard to hear or know when BC completely cancels if the stereo is on. (Poorly designed situational awareness).
Lacks obvious visual cues of BC status high up like GM has with their SuperCruise lighted steering wheel.
Performs poorly in moderate traffic.
Tachometer is not displayed while BC is active
BC software doesn't load properly at times, rendering the system unusable.

 

[HammaMan]

I think I might be willing to pay $200 annually to disable the eye tracking.
I'm just saying

I love everything about my co-pilot that is riding with me everytime I get in the truck. But I'd be happy to reduce my privileges (hands free) just to take his IR/camera away from him.

The CMR is what handles the eye tracking. I've got the F150 torn apart right now but when I start in the on MME, I'm going to play with disabling the CMR to see if I can keep it in knee drag mode. Having both hands on wheel and watch the road notifications pisses me off. Optimally a switch that turns off the CMR forcing the system into active would nice. MME can't have 12 oclock driving position as it blinds the sensor and well, yeah.

i have no bc, but it think it would a worthwhile option to have for those long boring drives to mobile
lane centering is very nice and stop and go cruise

gm has the hands free with passing ability or so they say..thats asking an awful lot from HAL to see far enough up and make a decision to pass on a 2 lane road..or so the gm commercial looks to be doing
that is ton of variables and YES check boxes to accomplish IMO

I had a 22 GM for all of 10 weeks. Their system is poo and has no unmapped lane centering. The 23 bluecruise can change lanes and can also be directed to center, bias left, or bias right. It will be pushed out to 21/22 eventually.

I haven't been very impressed with it.

If you're in the right lane, it goes off BC at almost every exit.
If the highway has a sharper than average turn to it, it asks you to take control.
It's hard to hear or know when BC completely cancels if the stereo is on. (Poorly designed situational awareness).
Lacks obvious visual cues of BC status high up like GM has with their SuperCruise lighted steering wheel.
Performs poorly in moderate traffic.
Tachometer is not displayed while BC is active
BC software doesn't load properly at times, rendering the system unusable.

What's funny is that the lane centering non-BC will still take the turns while panic alerting to take control. It's still driving. One of the features I appreciate in the MME is when it's in lane centering, it will slow the vehicle on tight turns. I haven't had the balls to try it in the right turn yield merge lane yet, but on tight curves it regens. It's pretty good in that you can be aggressive and the vehicle slows what I'd consider appropriately. I believe it's a G / yaw limit where it starts to slow down

 

[FordConvert]

Just got my truck back after a 7-week dealer service warranty journey. I drove my old '17 F-150 while I waited. I commute 100+ miles a day round trip, a good 75% of that on BlueCruise roads during rush-hour traffic. The reduction in stress once I got my '21 back was dramatic by comparison. I didn't think it was that big of a deal, but the contrast in how I felt was dramatic - much less tired, much more alert after the 58 miles each way.

I think adaptive cruise is 90% of the benefit, but BC is icing on the cake! Well worth the $.

And yeah, if there was a way to skirt the nanny cam...

 

[Snakebitten]

The CMR is what handles the eye tracking. I've got the F150 torn apart right now but when I start in the on MME, I'm going to play with disabling the CMR to see if I can keep it in knee drag mode. Having both hands on wheel and watch the road notifications pisses me off.

I'm counting on you! (finding a cmr work around)

And really looking forward to being able to alter bias.
My 2022 is not nearly as biased (to the right, usually) as my 2021 was. I'm guessing there's tolerances that are a sum of multiple component stacked?
Regardless, yeah, give me a trim tool. It'd polish lane centering up nicely.

 

[HammaMan]

Just got my truck back after a 7-week dealer service warranty journey. I drove my old '17 F-150 while I waited. I commute 100+ miles a day round trip, a good 75% of that on BlueCruise roads during rush-hour traffic. The reduction in stress once I got my '21 back was dramatic by comparison. I didn't think it was that big of a deal, but the contrast in how I felt was dramatic - much less tired, much more alert after the 58 miles each way.

I think adaptive cruise is 90% of the benefit, but BC is icing on the cake! Well worth the $.

And yeah, if there was a way to skirt the nanny cam...

Yeah, the hands free features significantly reduce driver fatigue. Unfortunately at least w/ traffic in the metro, the system isn't aggressive enough in being able to herd the cattle around you. There's still a lot of improvement to be made on the fluidity and response of the system given it's got really good data in both the camera and the radar. It's too slow to accelerate and distance keep in high density traffic, and it's overly jerky at times in regards to braking. Their algo sucks.

 

[My 2ND Ford]

People with the bluecruise feature, do you like it so far?
I was watching reviews and the common complaint is how it handles speed during curves.

I just returned from a trip to upstate Ny where I used BC when I was on the Thruway for approx 150 miles. It only dropped out once for about 1/2 mile before it resumed control. I am heading south in about 3 weeks so I will see how it does on I-81 and I-95. It will be nice when they refine it so it doesn't hug the right side of the lane.

 

[snyce1]

People with the bluecruise feature, do you like it so far?
I was watching reviews and the common complaint is how it handles speed during curves.

I like it alot . It stays fairly far to the right of any lane its in . I have trailer mirrors so i gess a little closer than id like ..

 

[Diligenthunter]

The 23 bluecruise can change lanes and can also be directed to center, bias left, or bias right. It will be pushed out to 21/22 eventually.

Wait is this confirmed out on 2023 f150s?
Thought it was just mach e and navigators.

 

[capiche87]

I’ve used adaptive cruise control with lane centering in Subaru, Toyota, and Honda. They all feel like a caffeinated teenager driving and very jerky left to right movements and start and stop in traffic. By far, Ford’s lane centering in my 2023 F150 is much smoother. When blue cruise kicks in then it is smooth as butter.

I rarely take my hand off the wheel even when bluecruise is active. I just don’t think I can fully trust the robots at 70 mph with my life. I don’t really get annoyed with eye tracking alerts. It only really beeps at me when I’m drinking something.

The system does jump between bluecruise (hands free) to lane centering (hands on) while traveling. Also, when radio is on, this transition doesn’t always get my attention. The system is not designed to be fully autonomous so you cannot be disengaged. BUT I do find that I get a little more irritated about wiggling steering wheel than alerts I get while in blue cruise.

I would love to have lane change added and navigation linked to bluecruise.

Curious to see if Ford Will really follow through with updating their software like Tesla does. Even though legacy auto has a really crummy record of it.

 

[SCTYDOG]

People with the bluecruise feature, do you like it so far?
I was watching reviews and the common complaint is how it handles speed during curves.

I use it very little. It constantly bounces around like I'm a drunk behind the wheel.

 

[PatchManager]

My hope is that if Ford is going to charge for BlueCruise, they will keep updating it and adding more roadways in all BlueCruise-enable vehicles. If three years from now, it hasn't continued to progress significantly, I'll probably opt out.

 

[powerboatr]

having a TRIM feature for lane centering would be worth its weight in ....

its in there now, with lane centering and truck TRIMS to counteract wind , road crown etc...having a bit of trim would be yeah baby ?

 

[Big Cam]

My hope is that if Ford is going to charge for BlueCruise, they will keep updating it and adding more roadways in all BlueCruise-enable vehicles. If three years from now, it hasn't continued to progress significantly, I'll probably opt out.

Same, I'm happy I'm in the position to use it for 3 years before having to think about paying. If they keep making it better and add things like lane changing, I'd definitely consider paying. $200ish a year seems a little steep in my opinion being that it's $2,000 upfront for the hardware. I feel like that 2k should have been the only money required. Or why not make it 4k and have no subscription.

Remind me in 2025 when I need to actually make this decision.

 

[Boen]

People with the bluecruise feature, do you like it so far?
I was watching reviews and the common complaint is how it handles speed during curves.

I love it

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