Joystick deadzone is the area that doesnt respond in the center of a joystick and usually small and in the shape of a circle. Hunt's deadzone is set at an average size but has a different shape of a sqaure mixed with seperating each direction which is truly what makes playing with remotes so inconsistent cuz it forces you to fight sway in one direction at a time... mouse responds instantly to fight sway and even a xbox 360 controller responds better to other games than our normal controllers do to this one....