Ancient old PR player here - I want to say I'm excited for the future of this game. The little footage on the steam page of the update with trucks and fobs makes me think that with a little tweaking, this will dunk on squad. The combat already feels better, at least.
Anyway - this is a ways away, after you add combat vehicles. Whenever you get to that level, please consider copying PR more closely in making the driver also function as commander. It makes the entire experience actually enjoyable for one of the players as they have equal responsibility with the gunner in identifying threats, and driving is basically just an extension of the TC anyway. A gorilla can do it.