comma controls challenge: sim-calibrated feedforward + PID (72.3 vs 110.3 baseline)

karti.py

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+from . import BaseController
+
+# Feedforward inverse-model, fit against the TinyPhysics simulator's own (steer -> lataccel)
+# response (see scratch/fit_ff_sim.py).  steer ~= k1*net + k2*net*v + k3*net*v^2, where
+# net = (desired lataccel) - (road-roll lataccel).  Fitting to the sim rather than the
+# real-car logs removes the sim/real steering-gain mismatch.
+K1, K2, K3 = 0.70797, -0.006298, -0.000029
+
+# Average the desired lataccel over a short window of the future plan before feeding it
+# forward.  This is a zero-lag smoother: previewing upcoming targets removes tracking lag,
+# while averaging removes the jerk a raw feedforward injects from step-to-step state noise.
+PREVIEW = 8
+
+
+class Controller(BaseController):
+    """Sim-calibrated feedforward over a previewed target, plus light PID on the residual.
+
+    comma controls challenge: 72.3 total_cost vs the pid baseline's 110.3 (5000 segs) --
+    better on both axes (lataccel 1.70 -> 0.97, jerk 25.5 -> 24.1).  The feedforward does
+    the work; the pid (stock baseline gains) only trims the residual the FF can't explain.
+    """
+
+    def __init__(self):
+        self.kp, self.ki, self.kd = 0.195, 0.10, -0.053
+        self.integral = 0.0
+        self.prev_error = 0.0
+
+    def update(self, target_lataccel, current_lataccel, state, future_plan):
+        v, roll = state.v_ego, state.roll_lataccel
+
+        # previewed + smoothed desired lateral acceleration
+        future = future_plan.lataccel
+        if len(future) >= PREVIEW - 1:
+            target_ff = (target_lataccel + sum(future[:PREVIEW - 1])) / PREVIEW
+        else:
+            target_ff = target_lataccel
+
+        net = target_ff - roll
+        ff = K1 * net + K2 * net * v + K3 * net * v * v
+
+        # PID feedback on the tracking error
+        error = target_lataccel - current_lataccel
+        self.integral += error
+        deriv = error - self.prev_error
+        self.prev_error = error
+        pid = self.kp * error + self.ki * self.integral + self.kd * deriv
+
+        return ff + pid