Well you know how scathing of it i've been of Clod, and despite having to walk away this afternoon for a few hours before i beat the crap out of something, while i was trying to get my custom ammo loads to actually bloody stick (which i've now done praise the lord), I'm for the first time starting to really enjoy it with this beta patch.
It is immeasurably better than on release now, and although still misses many things that i crave, aa, multicore support, proper boost levels for RAF fighters, the correct prop on the Spit1a , i could go on, BUT its finally becoming fun to actually play.
Granted i did by a £400 gfx card.
never the less, i've played the game for more hours since the beta patch, than for all of the other time of its release.