Helicopters unflyable when hovering

I found this issue after running into the same problem. I’m not a pilot, so not sure what “correct” should feel like for a helicopter, but this seems crazy. Airplane training, no problem. All the heli training so far, no problem. But as soon as the cyclic assist is turned off in training (or in free flight, same problem), the G2 seems to get completely out of control, not sure how anyone would learn how to manage it in real life without crashing / dying if it was like this in reality.
I’m using VKB sticks for cyclic and collective, and rudder pedals for anti-torque. Collective and anti torque assists off feel reasonable. The cyclic assist off seems basically unflyable.