An Inside Look at the Insanely Complex Formula 1 Steering Wheel

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10. Not dissing on you but oval and road racing are hard to compare

I've done my share of IRL and most of it was oval. It's a lot of fun and if the series is well designed, just like stock road course SCCA, the racing will always be close.
The skills required in most forms of motorsport are comparable but not necessarily equal from one to the other. On a road course you can exceed the limit for a corner or two and gain a bit and not pay a penalty.
On an oval you might have to do the same for four laps to get in position to make a pass but by then you've sucked all you have in your tires until the next pit stop.
My ultimate racing format is stage rally. You've got a track description, a co-driver tossing out directions, a road of unsure and varying surface condition and you're not doing lap after lap to get it right. Screw up and you're over the hill or in the trees.