Closed beta is an excellent idea. The moderators could easily nominate a selection of the relatively impartial (or at least truthful) forumites. Get them to sign an NDA if necessary (most wouldn't even read it in my experience) and pass betas through the testers before RC stage.
The devs clearly don't have time to test thoroughly so why not? It would certainly save on the more embarrassing errors like planes that don't start...
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