diff --git a/source/games/sw/src/player.cpp b/source/games/sw/src/player.cpp
index 3c5977145..d37965d18 100644
--- a/source/games/sw/src/player.cpp
+++ b/source/games/sw/src/player.cpp
@@ -2318,7 +2318,7 @@ void DoTankTreads(PLAYER* pp)
     if (Prediction)
         return;
 
-    int vel = int(pp->vect.Length() * 1024);
+    double vel = pp->vect.Length() * 64;
 	double dot =  pp->vect.dot(pp->actor->spr.Angles.Yaw.ToVector());
     if (dot < 0)
         reverse = true;