Hi @LaminateHawk886 and welcome to the forums! 
There is a lot of useful information about peripherals on the forums. For example, have a look at these topics that you may wish to participate in:
and:
You can also get an idea of which joysticks are good (or have issues) by looking at the posts in the User Support Hub > Hardware & Peripherals category, e.g.:
Search results for ‘joystick #user-support-hub:hardware-peripherals-user in:title after:2024-01-01’
Hope this helps!