VRay is a wise choice, and well worth taking the time to learn.
I agree at first the immense amount of settings can seem daunting, but you will soon learn that you need to change very little in order to achieve similar results.
Changing from one render to another is like moving house, everything is still there but just in a different place, and it will take time to familiarize yourself with it.......and getting used to different terminology too! lol.
As already said, a good start with the default renderer, but if you are going to change renderer, and you have VRay, then use it.....why spend all that money on something and then not?
Regards.