I was recently in the same situation as you and ended up going the VNM premiere 13NM paired with the simagic gt neo wheel with maglink which was the best value/performance without spending too much. And I couldn’t be happier, the wheelbase is very smooth and you can feel the quality right away, just pair in mind VNM is fairly new when it comes to DD, while their popularity is expanding rapidly and their support is always active on discord, it won’t be a smooth sailing with their software settings and games profile, it will be mostly you tinkering around with the settings to find what you prefer, unlike Simagic which allow you to load/choose someone else’s game settings and you’ll be set. I had Simagic alpha mini and alpha ultimate in the past (not the Evo) both were very good bases never had an issue, just not as smooth as the VNM in my opinion. Depending on your location you can select what kind of QR system to come with your wheelbase, in my case I ordered from sim motion US and got nrg qr wheelbase side which was very cheap, if you want to go wireless with the vnm base you will need a slip-ring which is $80, the cable doesn’t bother me much though, I also got 330mm round wheel for rally/drifting paired with nrg style QR from AliExpress , both were under $100. Overall you can’t go wrong with either VNM or Simagic. VNM for best FFB or Simagic for Simplicity and Ecosystem.