I'd killed my sidewinder-profiles long ago, so had no FF on the stick. It's only with 1.07 that I've found it difficult to find auto-happy-center.
*Perhaps* it's the combination of forces+non-centering that is the issue (if you see what I mean?)
All the same, allowing the centering of the stick in the tower and with auto-pilot makes a lot of sense. For us weaklings and newbie pilots =)
K