2 stage piston in series

This may not be achievable but I'm looking tk create a hydraulic system to replicate the feeling of a clutch, I know I can run a piston with a spring behind it to emulate the feeling bur a clutch usually has an initial stiffness that I'm trying to achieve, I was wondering if there was some kind of check valve I could implement before the piston to give rhe initial stiff feeling. Or would it be a case of running 2 pistons with different spring pressure backing them up with one piston allowing a bypass after a certain amount of travel.

The issue I belive I'm facing is that with a stiffer initial forcer required once this is bypassed and softer spring is move this will drop the pressure in the system closing the check valve/initial piston