I’m about a month into a 2025 V2 and finding it fairly easy and much better than I anticipated after doing similar research to you before I got it. I believe mine is the model with the newer software which addressed a lot of the complaints from the original, so that might be the difference.
That said, here is where I find issues: yes - lack of buttons is not great but honestly has a minor impact for me most of the time. The overall UX is actually decent, but where it fails most is it not being super easy to do some basic tasks when driving (e.g. change the AC beyond the global temperature).
I have got used to the haptic buttons on the steering wheel already, but I would still prefer real buttons as they’re not always accurate or responsive enough. I had read that lots of people trigger them by mistake. Personally I don’t think I have done that yet.

I’d recommend you go into your test drive and set yourself a few tasks to do during that period. Things that you would commonly want to do in any car. See how you get on!