It is about 3 years withoit a working so maybe some stuff has moved...
With inside view I see a screen like a 2 screen configuration, left screen. I see half of my car and my viewing axis is 22.5° twisted. Outside view is centered. I don't like to use outside view... I have only a HD1080 monitor, no hdmi plugged.
Other than that I can get to calibrate properly my old fanatec pedals without manually setting them. I remember some auto settings working well in the past...

Probably some incorrect axes got assigned to the joystick look X/Y. Check in Controls> Axes/FF and unassign those or assign appropriate axes for look functions.

Great you nailed it on the joystick look! Thanks!