The Auto-Calc DOES realize that peasants suck hard, but not the full magnitude of the suckiness. So an all peasant army in auto-calc would take horrendous casualties but might win. I've auto-calced and won battles that, when I fought them out personally, no matter how many times I tried, were unwinnable.

One example of this was 2 UM, 1 Peas, 1 Archers and a depleted unit (like seven-eight men) of Jinetes, attacking vs. King's Royal Knights. Playing it out it was pretty hard to get my units from running, but I won the auto-calc.

Another example was 2 Spears, 1 CS, 2 Xbows, and 1 Jinetes, defending against 2 Royal Knights, 1 Feudal Knights, and a depleted mix of UM, FMAA, and Peasants. I must have played this battle about 20 times and each time the 3 units of cavalry were too much to handle. At least one of them would find a local advantage and flank one of my spears, and this would end it, no matter what I did. Even if I fought in the woods. But on auto-calc-- Victory!

Since discovering this, I have tried not to abuse it.

DA