Late evening/night sky lighting seems too bright compared to IRL, takes a lot longer to get as dark in the sim as outside

[DementedCorn327]

My recommendation would be to create a new wish (where users can votes), requesting a better control of the brightness during sunrise/sunset based on the latitude/time of the year. On some locations brightness should be higher (as reported on the above wish topic I linked) and other locations brightness should be less as you described in your 1st post.