The agency's 2013 "distraction guidelines" (PDF) suggest that "displaying images or video not related to driving" on a monitor visible to the driver will "inherently interfere with a driver’s ability to safely operate the vehicle." The NHTSA also suggests that showing active gameplay on a Tesla's central console is likely to be a significant distraction to drivers. "Please check local laws prior to playing," the warning says.
Users must confirm that the player is a passenger. "Use of Touch Arcade while the vehicle is in motion is only for passengers," reads a warning that pops up before a game launches in the second video. When it comes to games, though, Tesla's software now notes the possibility of titles running while the car is moving. "When full self-driving is approved by regulators, we will enable video while moving," Tesla founder and CEO Elon Musk tweeted ahead of that streaming-video rollout. While Tesla also added the ability to stream video services such as Netflix and Hulu on the car's central console in 2019, those services are still completely disabled when a Tesla is not in park (though some owners have tried to find ways around this limitation). That video says the new capability was added as an unannounced feature of July's 2021.12.25.6 firmware update. In another video posted in July, a Tesla owner shows space shoot-em-up Sky Force Reloaded being played while the car is shifted into drive.
A YouTube video from January shows Solitaire being played on a Tesla screen while the car is shifted into Autopilot mode, for instance (though other games appear not to work with Autopilot in the same video). While the ability to play Tesla games outside of Park is being highlighted in a New York Times report today, the change was seemingly rolled out months ago. Now, though, those Tesla games can apparently be played even when the car is moving, a feature that could run afoul of National Highway Traffic Safety Administration guidelines and state laws designed to combat distracted driving. Further Reading Tesla’s next big feature is… a port of Cuphead?When we covered the first video games available on Tesla's center-console video screen back in 2019, we noted that the feature only worked when the car was parked.
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