diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/Evaluators/AimEvaluator.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/Evaluators/AimEvaluator.cs
index 15ccb8b1f0..7a898ade1c 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/Evaluators/AimEvaluator.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Difficulty/Evaluators/AimEvaluator.cs
@@ -129,7 +129,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Difficulty.Evaluators
                 currVelocity = (osuCurrObj.LazyJumpDistance + osuLastObj.TravelDistance) / osuCurrObj.StrainTime;
 
                 // Scale with ratio of difference compared to 0.5 * max dist.
-                double distRatio = Math.Pow(Math.Sin(Math.PI / 2 * Math.Abs(prevVelocity - currVelocity) / Math.Max(prevVelocity, currVelocity)), 2);
+                double distRatio = DifficultyCalculationUtils.Smoothstep(Math.Abs(prevVelocity - currVelocity) / Math.Max(prevVelocity, currVelocity), 0, 1);
 
                 // Reward for % distance up to 125 / strainTime for overlaps where velocity is still changing.
                 double overlapVelocityBuff = Math.Min(diameter * 1.25 / Math.Min(osuCurrObj.StrainTime, osuLastObj.StrainTime), Math.Abs(prevVelocity - currVelocity));
@@ -147,9 +147,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Difficulty.Evaluators
             }
 
             aimStrain += wiggleBonus * wiggle_multiplier;
+            aimStrain += velocityChangeBonus * velocity_change_multiplier;
 
-            // Add in acute angle bonus or wide angle bonus + velocity change bonus, whichever is larger.
-            aimStrain += Math.Max(acuteAngleBonus * acute_angle_multiplier, wideAngleBonus * wide_angle_multiplier + velocityChangeBonus * velocity_change_multiplier);
+            // Add in acute angle bonus or wide angle bonus, whichever is larger.
+            aimStrain += Math.Max(acuteAngleBonus * acute_angle_multiplier, wideAngleBonus * wide_angle_multiplier);
 
             // Add in additional slider velocity bonus.
             if (withSliderTravelDistance)