Long Shelling. Holding O.

There are numerous times I hold O and I can't tell if it's charging my shells or not. Is this a gunlance issue?

I feel like my controller may be blowing ass since none of the game feels smooth to be honest. Feels like little delays here and there all the time.

Also, the radial menu does not work as I'd expect. I figure it would work like any traditional radial menu where you R1 then use the joystick to select direction but it appears to be a box.

So if you're at the bottom right and want to get to the top right radial menu you don't just go into radial menu and then upper right on joystick. You to into radial menu and have to hit up twice.

Isnt that weird?