It's called compression, and most players have it in the settings somewhere. Quick and dirty is to up the volume in vlc to like 120% and lower it in system.
I walk my dog every day around sundown. That's way too dark. Maybe if the air is so clean and dry that it doesn't scatter light as much, but that is impossible because lake and forrest.
And it's a game. Lighting should depend on mood more then reality (even in movies they add impossible lights everywhere).
Still nice you understand what they call "PBR".
Edit: maybe higher elevation where the air is thiner? Idk.
I once raced a 3 day old horse, and he was slightly faster then me. And I was pretty fast for a human.