fMRIPrep CIFTI-2 outputs are always resampled with MNI152NLin6Asym. If you request 91k (default), it will be res-2 (2mm isotropic). If you request 170k, it will be res-1 (1mm isotropic).
sorry i meant the opposite – if i don’t add it (eg. in the case where i am not interested in the volumetric data), does it always use MNI152NLin6Asym for the cifti subcortical structures?