diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Drawables/BeatmapGroup.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Drawables/BeatmapGroup.cs
index db769bccc9..7799095a77 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Drawables/BeatmapGroup.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Drawables/BeatmapGroup.cs
@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@ using System.Collections.Generic;
 using System.Linq;
 using osu.Framework;
 using osu.Framework.Graphics;
+using osu.Framework.Graphics.Transformations;
 using osu.Game.Database;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.Drawables
@@ -19,12 +20,16 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.Drawables
         /// </summary>
         public Action<BeatmapGroup, BeatmapInfo> SelectionChanged;
 
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Fires when one of our difficulties is clicked when already selected. Should start playing the map.
+        /// </summary>
+        public Action<BeatmapInfo> StartRequested;
+
         public BeatmapSetHeader Header;
 
         private BeatmapGroupState state;
 
         public List<BeatmapPanel> BeatmapPanels;
-        private WorkingBeatmap beatmap;
 
         public BeatmapGroupState State
         {
@@ -48,7 +53,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.Drawables
                             SelectedPanel.State = PanelSelectedState.NotSelected;
 
                         foreach (BeatmapPanel panel in BeatmapPanels)
-                            panel.FadeOut(250);
+                            panel.FadeOut(300, EasingTypes.OutQuint);
                         break;
                 }
             }
@@ -56,8 +61,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.Drawables
 
         public BeatmapGroup(WorkingBeatmap beatmap, BeatmapSetInfo set = null)
         {
-            this.beatmap = beatmap;
-
             Header = new BeatmapSetHeader(beatmap)
             {
                 GainedSelection = headerGainedSelection,
@@ -68,6 +71,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.Drawables
             {
                 Alpha = 0,
                 GainedSelection = panelGainedSelection,
+                StartRequested = p => { StartRequested?.Invoke(p.Beatmap); },
                 RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X,
             }).ToList();
         }
diff --git a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Drawables/BeatmapPanel.cs b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Drawables/BeatmapPanel.cs
index 72d1e2f05d..e8b60bab81 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Drawables/BeatmapPanel.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Beatmaps/Drawables/BeatmapPanel.cs
@@ -16,7 +16,8 @@ using osu.Game.Graphics.Backgrounds;
 using osu.Game.Graphics.UserInterface;
 using OpenTK;
 using OpenTK.Graphics;
-
+using osu.Framework.Input;
+
 namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.Drawables
 {
     class BeatmapPanel : Panel
@@ -25,6 +26,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.Drawables
         private Sprite background;
 
         public Action<BeatmapPanel> GainedSelection;
+        public Action<BeatmapPanel> StartRequested;
 
         Color4 deselectedColour = new Color4(20, 43, 51, 255);
 
@@ -45,6 +47,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Beatmaps.Drawables
             background.Colour = deselectedColour;
         }
 
+        protected override bool OnClick(InputState state)
+        {
+            if (State == PanelSelectedState.Selected)
+                StartRequested?.Invoke(this);
+
+            return base.OnClick(state);
+        }
+
         public BeatmapPanel(BeatmapInfo beatmap)
         {
             Beatmap = beatmap;
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/BeatmapInfoWedge.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/BeatmapInfoWedge.cs
index e4aa8f27b9..81cd55d429 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/BeatmapInfoWedge.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/BeatmapInfoWedge.cs
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select
             (beatmapInfoContainer = new BufferedContainer
             {
                 Depth = newDepth,
+                PixelSnapping = true,
                 CacheDrawnFrameBuffer = true,
                 Shear = -Shear,
                 RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.Both,
diff --git a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/PlaySongSelect.cs b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/PlaySongSelect.cs
index fb3f6acbdf..944b20eb65 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Screens/Select/PlaySongSelect.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Screens/Select/PlaySongSelect.cs
@@ -213,11 +213,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select
 
             Content.FadeInFromZero(250);
 
-            beatmapInfoWedge.MoveTo(wedged_container_start_position + new Vector2(-100, 50));
-            beatmapInfoWedge.RotateTo(10);
-
-            beatmapInfoWedge.MoveTo(wedged_container_start_position, 800, EasingTypes.OutQuint);
-            beatmapInfoWedge.RotateTo(0, 800, EasingTypes.OutQuint);
+            beatmapInfoWedge.MoveToX(wedged_container_start_position.X - 50);
+            beatmapInfoWedge.MoveToX(wedged_container_start_position.X, 800, EasingTypes.OutQuint);
         }
 
         protected override void OnResuming(GameMode last)
@@ -351,7 +348,11 @@ namespace osu.Game.Screens.Select
 
             var beatmap = new WorkingBeatmap(beatmapSet.Beatmaps.FirstOrDefault(), beatmapSet, database);
 
-            var group = new BeatmapGroup(beatmap) { SelectionChanged = selectionChanged };
+            var group = new BeatmapGroup(beatmap)
+            {
+                SelectionChanged = selectionChanged,
+                StartRequested = b => start()
+            };
 
             //for the time being, let's completely load the difficulty panels in the background.
             //this likely won't scale so well, but allows us to completely async the loading flow.