What is wrong woth lighting in this game ?

[Knuckle Sandwich]

Can't drive vehicles in first person because it's just white and my eyes are bleeding.
Is there a way to tone it down ?

[Wrinkly]

Sunglasses

[Gonzo850]

Play with gamma in settings.

[Morax]

Originally posted by Konrad:

Can't drive vehicles in first person because it's just white and my eyes are bleeding.
Is there a way to tone it down ?

There's an issue with RTX and HDR which makes exterior areas appear really bright when inside something. It's nice when inside a building, but not really helpful when driving a car.

So either disable RTX or drive in third person, or just drive motorcycles.

[PsychoPsyops]

There's gamma settings if you don't use HDR and there's HDR settings if you have it on. If there is something in the game that is bothering you visually, you will have to mess with the graphical/display settings. This goes for every game.

[Dr.Abscondus]

Wait until night. Obviously you are a vampire. Seriously though I always skip the day part of the cycle because the city is so much prettier at night. It reminds me of Rapture from Bioshock without the water.

[Crom]

What is your monitor?

[Pilda]

It happened to me too in the desert. It seems to be a bug.

[Defective Dopamine Pez Dispenser]

There's three distinct issues.

One is that when in first person in vehicles, even with RT lighting off, there is a problem with over-brightening of the fake HDR used in the game when passing from dark areas into bright ones.

Another is that, again even with RT lighting disabled, driving in first person results in the world in general being over-bright. You can tell it's an issue with how light is processed through the windshield in first person, because looking out open side windows completely eliminates the issue. It's definitely not just an issue with gamma or how it's intended to look.

Lastly, with RT lighting enabled, there is an issue where NPCs' eyes glow unnaturally and are otherwise completely shrouded in shadow, when you're looking at them inside a vehicle in first person (such as during story or mission sequences requiring that.)

Solution for the latter is to disable RT lighting (it isn't shadows or reflections, just lighting.) Solution for the other two, for now, is to drive in third person. No amount of gamma or other settings tinkering will fix it.

Submit a formal report with attached screenshots and dxdiag report for visual issues here: https://support.cdprojektred.com/en/cyberpunk/pc/gameplay/issue/1736/contact-to-support