I’ve noticed the same thing (controllers requiring the squeeze grip to be held)
I’ve been messing around, so didn’t think too much about it, but they certainly now seem to need to be held more - like the timeout on the controllers has got even shorter.
The problem we have is that most players, even in VR, use hardware controls (sticks/yokes/etc.) so don’t even pick up their VR controllers and so don’t notice these things.
I get the feeling the guys at Asobo don’t use them either… 