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Your rim will need to be USB or bluetooth in order to operate the buttons. You can use virtually any wheel ever made so long as you can get a QR to bolt up. A no frill 20Nm base built on an industrial motor. VRS is arguably the best in terms of price/performance. You are also able to use any USB rims as long as you run their QR adapter. They have good quality rims that are truly wireless which is a nice feature. Simagic has the Alpha series ranging from 10 to 23Nm. Up from there you starting really broadening your horizons. They have a huge ecosystem but you are effectively locked into their rims and their bases. People like them and people will hate you for liking them. Fanatec is probably the most famous/infamous around these parts. Moza is fairly new but people seem to like them and they have a decent ecosystem. Next you have Moza and Fanatec in the lower <10Nm realm of direct drives. They are perfectly fine wheels, but if your honest about spending $5k right off the hop, there is no reason to consider them IMHO. Starting at the bottom you have your belt/gear offerings from Thrustmaster and Logitech like the T300 and G29/G920 etc. The world's your oyster if you are only going to race on PC. When shopping seats it's a good idea to measure yourself and compare so you know what to expect. Bucket seats are more correct but are less practical in terms of getting in and out vs something like a traditional sport car reclining seat. Seats a personal choice, I recommend sitting in some if you have the opportunity. You can easily add casters to the bottoms for mobility. If you are in North America Advanced Sim Racing's ASR3 and ASR4 are both killer options, as well as the offerings from Rig Metal and Racing Cockpits. If you have the space, buy an aluminum 8020 cockpit from the get go. A decent 27" 1440p IPS in the 144-165Hz panel should run you around $300 US each.

I think flat is preferable to curved just due to the geometry.
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If you were selective, you could probably get by with a sub-$1500 PC build if you waited for deals and/or snagged a 2nd hand GPU over on /r/hardwareswapĢ7-32" 1440p is the sweet spot. I think intel is pretty shit for the new socket every 2 years gig.

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Intel will move to a new socket with the 14th gen chips, which means if you buy a 13th Gen you are looking at a new motherboard+CPU if you want to upgrade but the 12 and 13 gen chips are plenty fine. You will save money on the front end and honestly a 5800x3D + 3080 (or 40 series) would carry you easily into more mature AM5 offerings. If you wanted to split the difference, a 5800x3D and a B550 or X570 AM4 board and a fast kit of DDR4 will certainly provide a strong performance background with the caveat that you would need a new CPU, MoBo and RAM when it comes time to upgrade. AM5 is new, there may be some growing pains and currently AM5 boards are rather expensive but AMD generally supports their sockets for a long time, providing easy upgrade paths down the line. AMD is getting ready to drop their AM5 x3D SKUs next week which have historically been excellent chips for gaming, especially for sims.
