Hi, you are right , we are using a step of 1º (120 simulations for a range of movement from -60 to 60 and what we do is to adjust the angle of the backtracking to the lowest absolute angle and before it, to avoid that a wider angle gives shadows.
I also think it can be caused by interpolation, I will make some tests.
we are a tracker company and we are internal validating the accuracy, the effect that has 1,2,3...5º degree deviation of the backtracking angle