diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Beatmaps/OsuBeatmapConverter.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Beatmaps/OsuBeatmapConverter.cs
index 9e0e649eb2..b2914d4b82 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Beatmaps/OsuBeatmapConverter.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Beatmaps/OsuBeatmapConverter.cs
@@ -43,7 +43,10 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Beatmaps
                     Position = positionData?.Position ?? Vector2.Zero,
                     NewCombo = comboData?.NewCombo ?? false,
                     ComboOffset = comboData?.ComboOffset ?? 0,
-                    LegacyLastTickOffset = legacyOffset?.LegacyLastTickOffset
+                    LegacyLastTickOffset = legacyOffset?.LegacyLastTickOffset,
+                    // prior to v8, speed multipliers don't adjust for how many ticks are generated over the same distance.
+                    // this results in more (or less) ticks being generated in <v8 maps for the same time duration.
+                    TickDistanceMultiplier = beatmap.BeatmapInfo.BeatmapVersion < 8 ? 1f / beatmap.ControlPointInfo.DifficultyPointAt(original.StartTime).SpeedMultiplier : 1
                 };
             }
             else if (endTimeData != null)
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Slider.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Slider.cs
index c284335c98..80be192b77 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Slider.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Slider.cs
@@ -92,8 +92,21 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects
         /// </summary>
         public double SpanDuration => Duration / this.SpanCount();
 
-        public double Velocity;
-        public double TickDistance;
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Velocity of this <see cref="Slider"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        public double Velocity { get; private set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// Spacing between <see cref="SliderTick"/>s of this <see cref="Slider"/>.
+        /// </summary>
+        public double TickDistance { get; private set; }
+
+        /// <summary>
+        /// An extra multiplier that affects the number of <see cref="SliderTick"/>s generated by this <see cref="Slider"/>.
+        /// An increase in this value increases <see cref="TickDistance"/>, which reduces the number of ticks generated.
+        /// </summary>
+        public double TickDistanceMultiplier = 1;
 
         public HitCircle HeadCircle;
         public SliderTailCircle TailCircle;
@@ -108,7 +121,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects
             double scoringDistance = base_scoring_distance * difficulty.SliderMultiplier * difficultyPoint.SpeedMultiplier;
 
             Velocity = scoringDistance / timingPoint.BeatLength;
-            TickDistance = scoringDistance / difficulty.SliderTickRate;
+            TickDistance = scoringDistance / difficulty.SliderTickRate * TickDistanceMultiplier;
         }
 
         protected override void CreateNestedHitObjects()
diff --git a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/TestCaseHitObjectComposer.cs b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/TestCaseHitObjectComposer.cs
index a2bc28bc3c..825aef75c9 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/TestCaseHitObjectComposer.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Tests/Visual/TestCaseHitObjectComposer.cs
@@ -49,9 +49,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Tests.Visual
                             Vector2.Zero,
                             new Vector2(216, 0),
                         },
-                        Distance = 400,
-                        Velocity = 1,
-                        TickDistance = 100,
+                        Distance = 216,
                         Scale = 0.5f,
                     }
                 },