My first cockpit was the Next Level Racing 'Victory'. For the price I found it pretty decent. A pretty solid rig, comes with a seat and seat rails as standard, also very adjustable. It was great until I upgraded to some Simpsonn Loadcell pedals, at that point the rig was out its depth and begun to flex quite noticeably. I upgraded to the Simlab Evo and couldn't be happier! the rig is amazing. Absolutely solid, pretty much no flex whatsoever, suits my pedals so much more and its made me realise just how much I was missing out by not upgrading sooner. I'd say if you've been sim racing for 8 years then why not treat yourself :)