Ok, let me start off by saying I don't know what I need, but I have somewhat of an idea. I bowl on older wooden lanes. The shot is wildly inconsistent. The lanes are completely stripped on Tuesdays, oiled for league that night, stripped back 15 feet for Thursday's, the just oiled on top of that for the rest of the leagues until Tuesday. By the time my Sunday league rolls around, I never know what I am going to see. I could be bowling on a flood with massive carry down or a shot with burnt heads. Usually it is somewhere in the middle. The lanes are oiled with a squirt bottle and a mop, so the lanes can be wildly inconsistent. I think I need to treat my lane conditions as if they are tough tournament conditions and go straighter with control, but if anyone has any ideas, i would love to hear them. Any ball suggestions?

I was thinking about the iq tour solid, but I don't know if it is stronger than what I really want for a benchmark ball. I was something between my misfit pearl and original mastermind.

Venom shock!

Ahh, been down this road before
20+ years at a similar place
ended up with a Hammer  "taboo spare" ball
spare ball with a weight block, i hand scuffed it a little bit as it was slightly over/under
i was able to play much straighter and it carried well
but this place was toast outside of 10
the arson low flare was also serviceable, but i had adjusted the surface with polish and a longer pin-pap layout
like Bill said, symmetric, rolly, probably polished and a longer pin layout will be the direction you will want to go

try your primal at 1000 + polish
it will help get through the heads and still have some teeth to control the over/under
if you want to try another piece, the hammer arson low flare is weaker and once you tune the surface to what you need, its a great piece
i always know where its going once it leaves my hand
but with any new piece, you have to be willing to give it a few tries with surface adjustments.