Jumping in at the end of this discussion, sorry about that 
Is it just me or does anyone else think the framerates are atrocious?
I remember playing tank in RTCW on my old setup and the framerate really was quite embaressing, but then again so did lots of other maps - I just had a really crap setup 
Anyway, now I get to play a beta of tank in ET and to be honest, even on my vastly better setup, the framerate is still almost as bad as I remember it - and the framerate dropping to 30fps in places was pretty darned awful.
badidea - what are you planning on doing to up the framerate? I’d hate for the map to become final with it’s current speeds - so wanna know if you need any advice on speeding it up, or whether you’ve got the matter well-in-hand? Cos really, it’s going to be pretty much unplayable at a skilled level as it stands - well, certainly the outside bits that make up probably 2/3 of the map will 