Thanks for the screenshots. I have to say, both before and after look pretty horrendous.

The "before" screenshot is plagued with Fitt's Law and Hick's Law violations. The "after" fixes some problems, but there are still far too many items for a driver to quickly acquire their target, and the opportunity for mode errors are off the charts. The amount of attention required to use this system while driving is a genuine danger to others on the road.

so I opened these two images in two tabs, and now looking at them I honestly don't know which is the "improved" one. The black/red one looks a lot less messy, but still kinda like a first draft from a high school student. the other one's just plain horrible though, so I'll guess the black/red one

Ignore(for now ;p) the looks this was a usability upgrade.