You can definitely simplify your scene by using low polygons poser figures for the characters in the background or by simplifying their geometry ('bake to polygons' if you are using Vue infinite) and their textures.

You can also put the figures in the background in one layer, the car in another layer, and the figures in the foreground in a third layer... render each layer eparately and combine the final result.

That could help making your scene easier to handle for your system.

• agiel - www.linfa.net