diff --git a/osu.Game.Modes.Taiko/Objects/TaikoHitObject.cs b/osu.Game.Modes.Taiko/Objects/TaikoHitObject.cs
index 28077db1ba..f3010e0c59 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Modes.Taiko/Objects/TaikoHitObject.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Modes.Taiko/Objects/TaikoHitObject.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Modes.Taiko.Objects
         /// <summary>
         /// HitCircle radius.
         /// </summary>
-        public const float CIRCLE_RADIUS = 64;
+        public const float CIRCLE_RADIUS = 51;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// The time to scroll in the HitObject.
diff --git a/osu.Game.Modes.Taiko/UI/HitTarget.cs b/osu.Game.Modes.Taiko/UI/HitTarget.cs
index d38af3390e..32b2877545 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Modes.Taiko/UI/HitTarget.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Modes.Taiko/UI/HitTarget.cs
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Modes.Taiko.UI
         /// <summary>
         /// Diameter of normal hit object circles.
         /// </summary>
-        private const float normal_diameter = TaikoHitObject.CIRCLE_RADIUS * 2 * TaikoPlayfield.PLAYFIELD_SCALE;
+        private const float normal_diameter = TaikoHitObject.CIRCLE_RADIUS * 2;
         
         /// <summary>
         /// Diameter of finisher hit object circles.
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Modes.Taiko.UI
                     Anchor = Anchor.TopCentre,
                     Origin = Anchor.TopCentre,
                     Y = border_offset,
-                    Size = new Vector2(border_thickness, (TaikoPlayfield.PlayfieldHeight - finisher_diameter) / 2f - border_offset),
+                    Size = new Vector2(border_thickness, (TaikoPlayfield.PLAYFIELD_HEIGHT - finisher_diameter) / 2f - border_offset),
                     Alpha = 0.1f
                 },
                 new CircularContainer
@@ -96,7 +96,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Modes.Taiko.UI
                     Anchor = Anchor.BottomCentre,
                     Origin = Anchor.BottomCentre,
                     Y = -border_offset,
-                    Size = new Vector2(border_thickness, (TaikoPlayfield.PlayfieldHeight - finisher_diameter) / 2f - border_offset),
+                    Size = new Vector2(border_thickness, (TaikoPlayfield.PLAYFIELD_HEIGHT - finisher_diameter) / 2f - border_offset),
                     Alpha = 0.1f
                 },
             };
diff --git a/osu.Game.Modes.Taiko/UI/InputDrum.cs b/osu.Game.Modes.Taiko/UI/InputDrum.cs
index 2e4c2232fa..2c21d48960 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Modes.Taiko/UI/InputDrum.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Modes.Taiko/UI/InputDrum.cs
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Modes.Taiko.UI
     {
         public InputDrum()
         {
-            Size = new Vector2(TaikoPlayfield.PlayfieldHeight);
+            Size = new Vector2(TaikoPlayfield.PLAYFIELD_HEIGHT);
 
             const float middle_split = 10;
 
diff --git a/osu.Game.Modes.Taiko/UI/TaikoPlayfield.cs b/osu.Game.Modes.Taiko/UI/TaikoPlayfield.cs
index 9bc75a55f5..eaa8863039 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Modes.Taiko/UI/TaikoPlayfield.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Modes.Taiko/UI/TaikoPlayfield.cs
@@ -20,25 +20,15 @@ namespace osu.Game.Modes.Taiko.UI
     public class TaikoPlayfield : Playfield<TaikoHitObject, TaikoJudgement>
     {
         /// <summary>
-        /// The default play field height.
+        /// The play field height. This is relative to the size of hit objects
+        /// such that the playfield is just a bit larger than finishers.
         /// </summary>
-        public const float PLAYFIELD_BASE_HEIGHT = 242;
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The play field height scale.
-        /// This also uniformly scales the notes to match the new playfield height.
-        /// </summary>
-        public const float PLAYFIELD_SCALE = 0.65f;
-
-        /// <summary>
-        /// The play field height after scaling.
-        /// </summary>
-        public static float PlayfieldHeight => PLAYFIELD_BASE_HEIGHT * PLAYFIELD_SCALE;
+        public const float PLAYFIELD_HEIGHT = TaikoHitObject.CIRCLE_RADIUS * 2 * 2;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// The offset from <see cref="left_area_size"/> which the center of the hit target lies at.
         /// </summary>
-        private const float hit_target_offset = 80;
+        private const float hit_target_offset = TaikoHitObject.CIRCLE_RADIUS * 1.5f + 40;
 
         /// <summary>
         /// The size of the left area of the playfield. This area contains the input drum.
@@ -61,7 +51,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Modes.Taiko.UI
         public TaikoPlayfield()
         {
             RelativeSizeAxes = Axes.X;
-            Height = PlayfieldHeight;
+            Height = PLAYFIELD_HEIGHT;
 
             AddInternal(new Drawable[]
             {
@@ -102,7 +92,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Modes.Taiko.UI
                                     Anchor = Anchor.CentreLeft,
                                     Origin = Anchor.Centre,
                                     Size = new Vector2(TaikoHitObject.CIRCLE_RADIUS * 2),
-                                    Scale = new Vector2(PLAYFIELD_SCALE),
                                     BlendingMode = BlendingMode.Additive
                                 },
                                 //barLineContainer = new Container<DrawableBarLine>
@@ -129,7 +118,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Modes.Taiko.UI
                 },
                 leftBackgroundContainer = new Container
                 {
-                    Size = new Vector2(left_area_size, PlayfieldHeight),
+                    Size = new Vector2(left_area_size, PLAYFIELD_HEIGHT),
                     BorderThickness = 1,
                     Children = new Drawable[]
                     {
@@ -174,7 +163,6 @@ namespace osu.Game.Modes.Taiko.UI
         public override void Add(DrawableHitObject<TaikoHitObject, TaikoJudgement> h)
         {
             h.Depth = (float)h.HitObject.StartTime;
-            h.Scale = new Vector2(PLAYFIELD_SCALE);
 
             base.Add(h);
         }