It is a camera (defined as x,y,z position, x,y,z angle and x,y,z freedom of movement) pointed at a 3D model.
If the car has a visible interior (most passenger cars have one), even the low-res one that is part of the car model, you're good to go. Otherwise you'll have to build your own 3D model, good luck with that.
The camera part is easy, it can be copied from an existing blueprint, and then adjusted manually.
Open the blueprint for a passenger car that you know has a passenger view. Look for a "CarriageInteriorInterface" node. It looks like this:
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<CarriageInteriorInterface>
<cControlContainerBlueprint-cInteriorInterface>
[b]<InteriorGeometryID d:type="cDeltaString">RSC\F40PHPack01\RailVehicles\Passenger\Amtrak phII\Coach\[00]Coach_01_Interior</InteriorGeometryID>[/b]
<NumberOfCabs d:type="cDeltaString">eSingleCab</NumberOfCabs>
<InteriorCamera>
<iBlueprintLibrary-cAbsoluteBlueprintID>
<BlueprintSetID>
<iBlueprintLibrary-cBlueprintSetID>
<Provider d:type="cDeltaString">RSC</Provider>
<Product d:type="cDeltaString">F40PHPack01</Product>
</iBlueprintLibrary-cBlueprintSetID>
</BlueprintSetID>
<BlueprintID d:type="cDeltaString">[b]RailVehicles\Passenger\Amtrak phII\Coach\SL CoachCab.xml[/b]</BlueprintID>
</iBlueprintLibrary-cAbsoluteBlueprintID>
</InteriorCamera>
<CabOcclusion>
<iBlueprintLibrary-cAbsoluteBlueprintID>
<BlueprintSetID>
<iBlueprintLibrary-cBlueprintSetID>
<Provider d:type="cDeltaString"></Provider>
<Product d:type="cDeltaString"></Product>
</iBlueprintLibrary-cBlueprintSetID>
</BlueprintSetID>
<BlueprintID d:type="cDeltaString"></BlueprintID>
</iBlueprintLibrary-cAbsoluteBlueprintID>
</CabOcclusion>
</cControlContainerBlueprint-cInteriorInterface>
</CarriageInteriorInterface>
This node informs you that the 3D model for the interior view is a file named Coach_01_Interior.GeoPcDx.
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<InteriorGeometryID d:type="cDeltaString">RSC\F40PHPack01\RailVehicles\Passenger\Amtrak phII\Coach\[00]Coach_01_Interior</InteriorGeometryID>
If you don't have a separate 3D model for your car, put the name of the GeoPcDx file for the car model itself here.
Next, a "BlueprintID" line informs you that the passenger view cameras are defined in another blueprint named "CoachCab.xml" or more probably "CoachCab.bin". This blueprint defines the two interior cameras' position, direction and movement. These can be edited manually following this article on the RWA web site. Or you can buy Claudio's camera utility mentioned in the article.
So, to answer the original question, you need to:
- copy a populated CarriageInteriorInterface node to your car's blueprint;
- copy the relevant camera blueprint to the same folder;
- modify the CarriageInteriorInterface node for the name of your .GeoPcDx file;
- modify the camera blueprint to achieve the desired camera configuration.
Hope this helps. Using this technique, I added a passenger view to the Britkits Russell snowplow.