Why are chariots so effective in killing cavalry? ( Is it historically correct?)

[Brennus]

I hoped they will be removed in EBII, but they dont seem to be... They were rediculous in EBI. Everything about them was broken. They are even deadly to riders when they flee... They can run like 40 times through a infantry unit without beeing slowed down too much and let everybody fly in the air and still nobody is dead...
In Rome total war they were annoying because they were so strong (Interesting cause I only recall that empires who used them eventually lost against cavallery or infantry centered armies...), but in EB they dont make sense. Esspecially because everybody is so hard to kill (Which I really like. Ebs battles are awesome. :) ) and than there are the chariots, wich are laughable against infantry and let everybody fly in the air or force to the ground (They actually act like modern racing cars smashing through a crowd of people), but kill cavallery even when fleeing or when atacked in the back...

I must confess as a regular (alebit very bad) Casse player to love chariots for those attributes. Although I do agree with you there are many things you have listed above I would like to see fixed in EBII.

they are the "anti cav" cav .. i find it better in MP battles to just leave them behind the enemy ( gives a bonus ) , rather than charge them in , as they die quickly in melee (against non cav units).

I prefer to use them as mobile skirmishers before the battle and then park them behind my lines before bringing them out, very briefly, to deliver the finishing blow to faltering enemy units. Their speed and their attributes against cavalry make them superb skirmishers, difficult to run down (a weakness of most skirmishers) and able to intimidate the enemy (show me a skirmisher than can!).