Why is it so low? Is Tyrion driving the car? The middle of the screen where you're looking out is so low that the wipers don't even reach it. Is there any way to get the camera to a position that isn't terrible?

Half the screen is occupied by the dashboard. Which I never look at.

My main gripe with this game and it's so frustrating that I find myself rage-quitting after 15 minutes every time.

Cockpit view is no better, imo. My desk and my triple monitors are the cockpit, I don't need to see it twice.

This is who the devs must think is playing the game

edit:

Ok, so I figured out how to mod the game settings a bit.

Before

After

still trying to get it just right... think I might pull the camera back just a little bit farther.

Here's how I did it:

• Download Ryder BXML Convertor and extract it somewhere
• Find the proper game-files folder for the car you will be using
  • start here: {Steam Directory}\steamapps\common\DiRT Rally\cars\models
  • Car Reference:

• Find the "cameras.xml" file
• MAKE A COPY AND KEEP AS BACKUP
• Right-click original and "Open With..."
• "Choose Default Program..."
• Browse to the "Ryder BXML Converter.exe" (let it run and press any key to exit)
• Back in the car folder you should now see "cameras.C.xml"
• Open this in a text-editor (I used notepad )
• Easiest way to navigate is first to collapse all nodes (alt zero in notepad )
  • Expand <VehicleViewDefinition>
    • Expand <ViewManager name="str">
• Now you will see all the different possible views listed.
  
  • The one I'm working on here is "<View type="Head" ident="dash-cam" .. />" for the regular, forward-facing dash view.
• The property we are looking for is in the first grouping and is called "position"
  • <Parameter name="position" type="vector3" x="0.2750" y="0.8698" z="0.3346" />
  • (those are the original values)
• The "x" value is left-right. A higher value moves the camera further to the driver's side on a LHD car (didn't check to see if it was reversed for RHD cars. It may be)
• The "y" value is up-down. A higher value moves the camera closer to the roof.
• The "z" value is forward-back. A higher value is closer to the windshield.
  • My altered values: (Closer to the center, higher, farther back)
  • <Parameter name="position" type="vector3" x="0.2000" y="0.9999" z="0.2000" />
• Save the file.
• Open your saved "camera.C.xml" again with "Ryder BXML Convertor"
• Press "1" and hit enter, then close
• You will now have a "camera.C.C.xml" file
• Delete the original "camera.xml" YOU SHOULD STILL HAVE THE BACKUP SOMEWHERE
• rename "camera.C.C.xml" to "camera.xml"

And that should do it. Re-launch the game and see how it looks. You can tweak the values to get them where you want. I'll edit this post with my settings once I get it dialed in.

edit 2: This is what I'm currently using:

<Parameter name="position" type="vector3" x="0.2100" y="1.0000" z="0.1800" />