Toward the beginning of Assassin's Creed: Revelations, Ezio is chasing down a Templar captain in a horse-drawn cart. Eventually, he catches up and tries to destroy the captain's cart by smashing into it in a way that does more damage to the other cart than it does to his own. There are rough areas of the road that do damage to either cart if it passes over them, so the other trick is to avoid these while luring your enemy into them.
The first time I tried this, I caught up to the enemy cart and basically just mashed the left stick to the right, swinging my cart at my enemy's, jostling and smashing. I went over the rough patches a couple of times, and so did my enemy. My cart lost "health" more quickly than his, and then it failed and I had to restart the mission.
The second time I tried this, I caught up to the enemy cart and basically just mashed the left stick to the right, swinging my cart at my enemy's, jostling and smashing. I went over the rough patches a couple of times, and so did my enemy. His cart lost "health" more quickly than mine, and so I made it past the invisible finish line that triggered the next cutscene.
I played the game the exact same way both times, going into the race with the same level of cart health. Is there a trick to this race that I stumbled upon by accident, or is it basically just a crapshoot whether or not you win?
Best Answer
If you smash into your enemy's cart, you have slightly less than a second before the horses start going left again. The object isn't to destroy your enemy's cart, but to survive the road ahead. I finished it without destroying the enemy cart.
All you need to do is hit your enemy's cart right before you cross some rubble. You'll dodge the rubble, and then the horses pull left on open road instead of the broken bits of road.