Those are actually different technologies, and I'm guessing you got used to the pressure sensitivity on older cars. They use resistive touchscreens which are cheaper. Cheap android tablets used to routinely use those instead of the capacitive touchscreens as well. It's been a while since I had to use a resistive touchscreen, and I'm glad for it.

Our milking robot has a resistive touchscreen. In that case it's excellent - you can spray it clean, and it still works while it's wet.

Great point, there are situations where resistive is a lot better. I've definitely cursed my phone screen when it's raining.

The nice thing about resistive is that you can use your fingernails as an impromptu stylus.

It depends on the car. Mine is resistive (like yours I think) and I can just press harder, I also don't have to use my fingers, something like a capped pen works perfectly. Though these kinds of screens are considered low-end compared to capacitive touchscreens because they require a heavy touch and usually don't support multitouch, I think these are the best for cars (if you don't have physical controls).

But many modern cars (ex: Teslas) use capacitive screens like on smartphones.