i might have had my controller plugged in so maybe that was it, but in terms of describing it better i cant really; as soon as the game loads in its an endless car ride with my POV looking up and spinning in circles.
The official game does not support controllers, unfortunately, at least for now. However, I did some testing, and my Xbox One controller works pretty well ,and try the latest version of the game 1.16.
i dont use controllers but i do notice that some games that dont have support for them cause the camera to face up and spin in circles as the OP has that issue