Is there no way to change the size of the dead zone you get from the control sticks. I know that if you pass the enum GamePadDeadZone into GetState() you can change the shape of it between either circular and square or turn it off all together. Is the only option here to pass GamePadDeadZone.None and write my own dead zone code? Seems like some pretty basic functionality for XNA to be missing.

if(someGamePadState.ThumbSticks.Left.Length() > 0.2f)
{
    //move ship 
}

Yeah, I'm sure It won't be difficult to code up, I'd just prefer not to reinvent the wheel if XNA already had this function. Which is all I'm asking.