Game Hangs Indefinitely When Launching Drop In Game

Firstly, finding a team and opponent for 6v6 drop in is painful. Each step is struggle. And if two teams get matched up it’s 50/50 if the players are going to leave while the countdown is happening. My problem, which I haven’t seen mentioned here, is if the stars align and we’ve got two teams, everyone stays in, countdown happens, text drops away to launch the game and I see my player and it’s stuck. I don’t know if the teams go on playing without me or they’re in the same boat but I have to close the game and relaunch. I’ve had one weekend where I was able to play a few games but other than that I’ve had a very hard time playing this game. I play drop in almost exclusively. PS5. Tried reboot, reinstall, LAN, WAN… This is the second year in a row that it’s been like this. Gave up last year and was hoping this year would be different. Please help.