yeah I looked up some non biased spoilers, and while, yes, Vegeta chickens out on Beerus and has a lot of humiliating stuff happen to him, he is still awesome in spite of this....he's basically Sokka in super, which is surprising....apperently his development in the Buu saga has rendered him a nice, sometimes almost sweet person who is aware of his limitations and accepts them but still can and will do amazing things dispite this and he genuinely will do anything to protect his family (from what I've seen the
is essentially the "Vegeta is the best father in the series and nobody better say otherwise" arc)
basically your assesment that he is just "softer" is correct, he's still Vegeta, he's just a much nicer and gentler Vegeta