The PFD's are difficult to read when at a normal seat position in the sim, as has been pointed out in the past.  I'm sure IRL everything is perfectly legible as it should be.  The CJ4 PFD suffered from the same issue, where you have similar colors of text and background, resulting in a low contrast situation that's exacerbated by distance from the display.  The way Working Title solved the issue was to put a very, very, subtle outline (almost a slight drop shadow) around these low contrast items.  In the CJ4 you don't even notice it's there, but the QoL result is a vastly improved readability of the PFD and ND at normal cockpit camera positions.  In the CRJ, I'm talking about stuff like the Vspeed lines/text on the speed tape, the snowflake, etc... 

Totally agree with you