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> The center screen in a Tesla is where _all_ the information is available for the driver. There are no secondary gauges or other driver-specific controls or displays.

That's not true for the S & X FYI, they have an instrument cluster.

> The car, presently, should be oriented for the driver to pay the most attention to the vehicle, the road, and their surroundings.

Games don't cover the psudo instrument cluster on the single-screen vehicles.

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Even if they don't cover the instrument cluster or the pseudo cluster, the screen is the main interface for the driver. Even though the passenger may interact with the display, the mandatory functions of the car and even required secondary functions are built into the display and thus it would result in a primary usecase for the driver.

Drivers don't need more distracting nonsense in their main line-of-sight.

My main response was towards the 3 & Y, but the S & X still use the center display for secondary functions with the driver.

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