I thought this was the case for me also but realized I had to press down on the d pad and they work great now. Hope this helps.
Yup I can confirm bipods don't work well in this game at all.
1. When deployed it removes sway but the improvement to recoil control and accuracy is pretty negligible. There is still substantial recoil. They should significantly reduce recoil and spread when deployed on a surface. I mean, we're completely stationary and a sitting duck. It should be way more beneficial.
2. It barely improves hipfire at all unlike previous games. They should tighten the hipfire spread when the bipod is deployed on a surface.
3. The bipod keeps collapsing every time I switch to a pistol or gadget. They should remove the ability to collapse the bipod and just leave it permanently deployed when equipped (like the PKP BP). There is no benefit to collapsing the bipod, and it's just annoying.
Agree, the bipod automatically collapsing is annoying AF
