I'm using Karaya's profile, didn't know about head shake, the control thing is a complaint others have had, pedals joystick throttle get re assigned because of some usb thing, they don't have singular identities just where they are plugged in. The easiest fix is to unplug everything and then plug it back in in a particular order, it will then at some point get scrambled again, maybe the next time you play maybe a few weeks later. It is a windows thing not so much an IL2 thing except that AH doesn't have this problem so is better made from this aspect. Also it is not clear from my post but the controls issue is in CLOD I haven't played BOS long enough to know whether it is an issue.
I don't have a problem with the track ir so much, (just not used to it,) I meant only to point out that out of the box AH works better view wise than IL2. Some people are fine without track IR in IL2 but they are just better, like the mouse people are better, I think for some of us, a lot of some of us maybe, Il2 without track ir is a drag where AH it doesn't really matter if you have track IR or not.
Another thing, I don't know if it is across all IL2 but in the ATAG servers there is no autopilot so your arm gets a workout. Especially if you are lazy with the trim. And the radiators and prop pitch are kinda fun but different from flying AH where you don't have think about it, I like both ways.