If you analyze how minecarts move by doing /tick freeze and then incrementing tick by tick you will see the minecart movement is not consistent.
Sometimes it moves a little, sometimes a lot, sometimes it stays in place.
Reproduction Steps
Build a long track for a minecart
Do
/tick freezeand/tick step 1tto observe how the minecart behaves
Observed Results
The minecart sometimes fails to move. Other times it moves by varying ammounts
Expected Results
The minecart would move by a predictable amount determined by it's bpt (blocks per tick) velocity
Videos
Here's the issue at low (default) speed
And here it is at a high minecartMaxSpeed value
Also relates to MC-275560