I find the control scheme relatively brilliant. I’ve never played a console game with so many controls. Once you get used to it, it’s better than mouse and keyboard. Except for precision stuff in the VAB like aligning wings end to end. Been to every planet and moon in the game at least once. Stick with it, and it gets easier. Learn to use the wheels for shortcuts.
Test your rover on the runway. I suspect your wheels aren’t configured correctly. You want to make sure that all the wheels on each side are going the same direction, and make sure it the ones with turning enabled turn the right direction
Same problem, both with flea and hammer, both to be staged on launchpad. PS4 pro, radial controls, history dlc, recent patch. Tried adding extra stages, testing button, with and without LSA, duplicate boosters. Nothing worked.
I had the same issue on a reentry quicksave. Nothing I did could stop it. Tried for nearly an hour before I gave up the whole mission and started a new save. I’ve since had the problem again with a different ship, but I save before every launch just in case, so I can add a cheap part to change it. Seems to work.