I appreciate the mechanics of the FWToW mod and actually log on to take missions and a little pvp (which is pretty enjoyable from my POV), but I do enjoy booting up my own personal mod so I can fly a Firespray loaded with Hutt slicers in gorgeous detail, crisp textures and at a decent speed.
The plugins for jumping and the work on the sound and weapons is cool, and I can see a lot of potential in the factions and trade, but right now that's mostly below the surface. What I can see is many ships that fly horribly slow and all the textures have jaggies and are low res. That's right there on the surface. The lighting and shadow effects on objects and planets are also cool, but the overall result is pretty low res on my machine (I have the loathed AMD radeon card and a dualcore processor, stock Dell otherwise, so sure, my machine sucks).
But this mod is not bad. Its just attempting a lot more than the FL engine can usually handle. I like to see them try, even if the FL community is full of overly critical jerks. Even in its current form, FWToW is pretty impressive.