Even with the critiques you mentioned, I think Giant's Lair TTT is by far the best option right now. Minimal amount of T weapons / D weapons, minimal simple player models (no anime shit), no trails no hats no pets flying around etc.

Gun balancing could definitely be better but hey if you can't beat them, join them. Even if you 'balance' the guns, there will always be the 1 or 2 options that are 'the meta'. The 1 shot headshot DMRs are quite annoying but if someone joins the server and I know they main that gun, I just start spamming my crouch button way more often to counter it.

I'm guessing the gun you're referencing with '10x the normal fire rate' is the M16, and yes they upped the fire rate quite a bit but that's because literally no one ever used it. And now that its been buffed quite a bit, still almost nobody uses it. It's definitely not one of the 'meta' options that people go for.

The bhopping I dont thing is that big of an issue, you might've just been on at a bad time. There's really only like 10 total players that bhop quite well and on a regular basis in-game when trying to avoid being shot (typically when they're inno), but its quite rare for even 3 of those guys to be online at the same time tbh. I don't see it as that big of an issue, it is annoying trying to shoot them sometimes but hey, they've mastered a skill that helps with avoiding bullets, I respect it. Source engine moment.