[ggoldman]

Note: I am not a programming expert!

But I do remember that many teams program in a "dead zone" into their code that ignores a certain percentage of any joystick movement outside of center.

For example if you move all the way to the right, your motor input value will be 255. All the way to the left is 0. So if you program a deadzone of 10% in either direction, you just ignore any motor signals (or make it zero) for joystick outputs 100 - 140 or so.

Maybe this could solve part of your problem, maybe not.

Hope my non-expert advice could help!