Adding a curvature to the Movement of A Player when moving horizontally

Unity Engine
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Hey. I’m a pretty big noob when it comes to unity.
I’m self taught when it comes to programming, I finally got myself to work on a game, or better said a character controller.

I wanted to mimic the controlls of a game called Nier:Automata, atleast the basic feel of moving around and how the camera behaves. So far I’ve been able to move the character in relation to the camera.

I calculate the angle this way:

void Update () {

        Vector2 input = new Vector2(Input.GetAxis("Horizontal"), Input.GetAxis("Vertical"));
        input.Normalize();

        if (input != Vector2.zero)
        {
            float targetRotation = Mathf.Atan2(input.x, input.y) * Mathf.Rad2Deg + cameraBase.transform.eulerAngles.y;
            targetRotation = Mathf.SmoothDampAngle(transform.rotation.eulerAngles.y, targetRotation, ref turnSmoothVelocity, turnSmoothTime);

            transform.rotation = Quaternion.Euler(0f, targetRotation, 0f);
        }
      
        bool running = Input.GetKey(KeyCode.LeftShift);
        float speed = ((running) ? runSpeed : walkSpeed) * input.magnitude;
        rigidbody.MovePosition(transform.position + transform.forward * speed * Time.deltaTime);
      
    }

As you can see I just move the character by turning him in the apropriate direction and then adding a forward force.

This however has one major difference looking at my inspiration Nier:Automata - When you move horizontally in my “game” the character just moves on the horizontal axis. However in Nier:Automata, the Character runs in a big circle.

My camera is focused on the character by just this code

transform.position = target.position - offset * currentZoom;

I can rotate the camera around the character with this code

        mouseX = Input.GetAxis("Mouse X");
        mouseY = Input.GetAxis("Mouse Y");

        inputX = Input.GetAxis("Joystick Horizontal");
        inputY = Input.GetAxis("Joystick Vertical");

        rotationY += (mouseX + inputX) * inputSensitivity * Time.deltaTime;
        rotationX += (mouseY + inputY) * inputSensitivity * Time.deltaTime;

        rotationX = Mathf.Clamp(rotationX, -clampAngle, clampAngle);

        Quaternion localRotation = Quaternion.Euler(rotationX, rotationY, 0.0f);
        transform.rotation = Quaternion.Lerp(transform.rotation, localRotation, smoothRotation);

So do you have any idea on how I can rotate the character like in nier:automata in my script?

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Took a glimpse, you need to gradually change your rotation I think.

//new variable
public float rotaPerSec;//in degrees

//within your rotation "if" statement
//transform.rotation = Quaternion.Quler(...)//replaced with:
transform.rotation = Quaternion.RotateTowards(transform.rotation, targetRotation, rotaPerSec * Time.deltaTime);