I will be doing this dance soon. My problems are made worse because I want a very specific thing in a car. I am looking at the Subaru WRX and the VW Golf GTI because they have a manual transmission and are performance cars. I will also consider older BMW like 2015-2016. I haven’t even looked at Volvo yet although maybe they made a stick in 2019?
The lighting on my 2014 Ford Fusion (Mondeo) hybrid screens was very bad for me at first but I adjusted. The lighting on my wife's Subarus (2015 XV/Crosstrek, 2018 Crosstrek, 2019 Forester) was an adjustment but now is fine. So I’m hoping even a 2021 WRX will be ok since it uses the exact same displays but as people have noted it is hit or miss.
I was ok driving older VW's. A 2012 Passat was fine. The Golf GTI in the USA has not been refreshed like their other cars have sonic still uses components from 2017 era and I’m hopeful, as I spent some time driving a friend's 2016 with no issues.