Well acceleration on the basis of initial movement, that acceleration goes from 0 to 'straight line speed' very quickly, acting as a slingshot and since their maximum speed is slower than an archers, regardless of the acceleration, that acceleration would only increase to the point of the troops maximum speed. It seems reasonable as cavalry had the same issue, even though sliding was a mechanic it was exacerbated from deceleration, making the cav slide wildly when attempting to come to a halt or turning. On infantry, it would explain the floaty movement, because you're pretty much acting as a slingshot from the immense acceleration and deceleration curve.
It seems clear to me that animations were created with certain acceleration curves or maximum speed, which explains why you're 'sliding', where the animation ends before you character stops moving, because if the acceleration curve is exponential and you suddenly decelerate, you'll slide. If you've ever been on an ice rink and attempted to slow down after you got that initial speed, you'll pretty much cover the same distance you covered from the acceleration in deceleration. In warband it seemed it was 'straight line speed', where the lack of acceleration means there's no deceleration, so you're moving on the basis of a constant variable, so when you want to stop, you'll stop, whilst in bannerlord, when you want to stop, you'll slow down and then stop.
From what I know there's two different movement speeds, both for in combat and out of combat, so obviously there would be two different maximum speeds and acceleration/deceleration curves (if what I'm saying is true but it's just a theory)
I'm not at all saying this is how it works or that I'm a physicist, but it explains a lot if this is the case.
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