Alright, found it:
http://forums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=579328&highlight=medium+textureshttp://forums.epicgames.com/showthread.php?t=579270&highlight=medium+texturesin fact there are tons of threads like this in the ut3 forum ^^
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IT'S A BETA IT ONLY HAS LOW/MEDIUM RES TEXTURES IN - FULL DETAILS AND MASSIVE TEXTURES WILL BE IN THE FULL GAME - THEY WERE NOT IN THE BETA BECAUSE IT WOULD HAVE BEEN A MASSIVE DOWNLOAD AND IT'S PRIMARY PURPOSE IS FOR GAMEPLAY AND BUGS FEEDBACK!
THIS HAS BEEN SAID ON THE FORUM AT LEAST A HUNDRED TIMES NOW!
Yeah, it's caps.. deal with it
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The only thing the devs said was the texture resolution is dumbed down [...]
Sooo...let's wait and see what the final version of the game will look like 
