This does go a long way to explaining speeder bikes -- the human rider controls the gross movement, but the bike itself does obstacle avoidance. Otherwise, there's no way a regular stormtrooper could fly those through the thick forests of Endor.
I wonder if tricks like these would work on real life vehicles.
in console games
Auto-aim is only well-known because it's visually obvious when it occurs - the gun did not point in the direction of the camera.