I understand why, of course. In 1v1 there is not enough fuel to risk getting a tank that can only counter infantry. But this replay makes me feel like the Centaur can still be used as a shock AI unit in certain situations, for example if you skip other fuel expenses or if your opponent is fuel starved and you don't expect any medium tanks soon. I know this isn't really serious high level play, but screw that. It's just a ton of fun to watch
Suggested fix: up the Cromwell to 120 fuel and decrease the Centaur to 90 like the Ostwind for ex.
Even in cases where your enemy is fuel starved imo, the cromwell is better because, of the crushing ability if vs okw or ostheer with pgrens/shreks. When it first came out, I'd agree with you but centaur is pretty eh now.