Okay first id like to say im really excited to have stumbled upon what looks like a wonderful gem of a game.
I already went through all the forum posts related to technical difficulties... should come in handy.

And now to get to the point:
-im having horrible issues with sight distance while traveling on the street. First i thought its a foggy day in the game, but i saw videos on youtube and its really not the case.
-its really bad, basically i can see about a house-length in front, making it somewhat unplayable but more importantly very unsatisfactory/irritating plus its hard to navigate
-ive tried all kinds of settings in the config (especially detail objects and its distance dial) to no avail. (have the latest drivers, tried compatibility modes...blah,blah)
-this being an old game (w/ lower system requirements) i was also wondering if someone has already moded it to render and display long distance objects.

I dont mind the graphics, they're pretty good actually, the (unintentionally funny) translation is... its own reward
but stumbling like blind in the street (houses are good) is probably going to be a show-stopper if i cant get the game to increase the sight distance.

Good people of this forum please help!

I seem to remember someone saying (on these forums) that the sight distance was hard-coded, with no way to change it. I will try to find out for sure, though.

I realise it's annoying you right now, but I hope you might get used to it. After you've been in the town for a while, you'll start to notice all kinds of landmarks that will help you to get your bearings. Plus, the map is very helpful for navigation.

As I said, I'll try to get you a definite answer...

Well, can you post the screenshot?