I was asked to explain what is "easier" now on the oval.
Before the April/06 Patch you could easily loose the draft of one of the top racers like Plaztikman or Quietscheente in Turn3 , it was always a challenge for me in every race, even though i think i wasnt one of the worst drivers in Oval/FO8 days (36.23 HL).
Now after the April/06 Patch some things are easier now with th BF1.
-Starting + Traction Control
-staying in draft of the car in front in every turn, is now not a big deal for a medium skilled oval driver.
-that meant that medium skilled wreckers could catch up with the best and were ruining with wild lines the races of the more experienced oval drivers
-effect of tyres in longrun, in the old days T3 could give you a problem in the end of a longrun if tyres were to hot or to cold
People who had oval experience with PatchQ and earlier and have Oval experience now will know what i'm talking about! People who never went into the details of oval racing in LFS will not know (tristancliffe)
So i can only repeat the sentence Fischfix said, really liked that buddy!
another big minus for me was the increasing of bump-draft-trains after April/06 patch. That was the main reason why i lost passion in oval.
Because my race depended to much only on the skill of the person who bumped me. In a good old 2-man-draft i could help the person i drafted with and made him lern how to do a good 2-man-draft.