Thank you, I'm glad it made you laugh!
I don't see why they wouldn't get hit when they are out of frame 🤔 which weapon did you try with? The basic one doesn't have any splash damage, so it could well just have been that you weren't quite hitting it!
Honestly the best technique is to drive straight at the enemies and spam fire 😂 the post jam update should hopefully fix that somewhat 😵💫