diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableRepeatPoint.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableRepeatPoint.cs
index f18d982bc0..28ff4b4cdf 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableRepeatPoint.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableRepeatPoint.cs
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ using osu.Game.Rulesets.Scoring;
 
 namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects.Drawables
 {
-    public class DrawableRepeatPoint : DrawableOsuHitObject
+    public class DrawableRepeatPoint : DrawableOsuHitObject, ITrackSnaking
     {
         private readonly RepeatPoint repeatPoint;
         private readonly DrawableSlider drawableSlider;
@@ -71,5 +71,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects.Drawables
                     break;
             }
         }
+
+        public void UpdateSnakingPosition(Vector2 start, Vector2 end) => Position = repeatPoint.RepeatIndex % 2 == 1 ? end : start;
     }
 }
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableSlider.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableSlider.cs
index 6aa3268e5e..eb499b5da6 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableSlider.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/DrawableSlider.cs
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects.Drawables
 
         public readonly DrawableHitCircle InitialCircle;
 
-        private readonly List<ISliderProgress> components = new List<ISliderProgress>();
+        private readonly List<Drawable> components = new List<Drawable>();
 
         private readonly Container<DrawableSliderTick> ticks;
         private readonly Container<DrawableRepeatPoint> repeatPoints;
@@ -101,6 +101,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects.Drawables
                 };
 
                 repeatPoints.Add(drawableRepeatPoint);
+                components.Add(drawableRepeatPoint);
                 AddNested(drawableRepeatPoint);
             }
         }
@@ -126,7 +127,8 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects.Drawables
             if (!InitialCircle.Judgements.Any(j => j.IsHit))
                 InitialCircle.Position = slider.Curve.PositionAt(progress);
 
-            foreach (var c in components) c.UpdateProgress(progress, repeat);
+            foreach (var c in components.OfType<ISliderProgress>()) c.UpdateProgress(progress, repeat);
+            foreach (var c in components.OfType<ITrackSnaking>()) c.UpdateSnakingPosition(slider.Curve.PositionAt(Body.SnakedStart ?? 0), slider.Curve.PositionAt(Body.SnakedEnd ?? 0));
             foreach (var t in ticks.Children) t.Tracking = Ball.Tracking;
         }
 
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/ITrackSnaking.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/ITrackSnaking.cs
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..b5fd87f60b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Drawables/ITrackSnaking.cs
@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+// Copyright (c) 2007-2018 ppy Pty Ltd <contact@ppy.sh>.
+// Licensed under the MIT Licence - https://raw.githubusercontent.com/ppy/osu/master/LICENCE
+
+using OpenTK;
+
+namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects.Drawables
+{
+    /// <summary>
+    /// A component which tracks the current end snaking position of a slider.
+    /// </summary>
+    public interface ITrackSnaking
+    {
+        void UpdateSnakingPosition(Vector2 start, Vector2 end);
+    }
+}
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Slider.cs b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Slider.cs
index 40ec57d434..2da285a434 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Slider.cs
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/Objects/Slider.cs
@@ -61,6 +61,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects
         public int RepeatCount { get; set; } = 1;
 
         private int stackHeight;
+
         public override int StackHeight
         {
             get { return stackHeight; }
@@ -130,6 +131,17 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects
                     var distanceProgress = d / length;
                     var timeProgress = reversed ? 1 - distanceProgress : distanceProgress;
 
+                    var firstSample = Samples.FirstOrDefault(s => s.Name == SampleInfo.HIT_NORMAL) ?? Samples.FirstOrDefault(); // TODO: remove this when guaranteed sort is present for samples (https://github.com/ppy/osu/issues/1933)
+                    var sampleList = new List<SampleInfo>();
+
+                    if (firstSample != null)
+                        sampleList.Add(new SampleInfo
+                        {
+                            Bank = firstSample.Bank,
+                            Volume = firstSample.Volume,
+                            Name = @"slidertick",
+                        });
+
                     AddNested(new SliderTick
                     {
                         RepeatIndex = repeat,
@@ -138,12 +150,7 @@ namespace osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.Objects
                         StackHeight = StackHeight,
                         Scale = Scale,
                         ComboColour = ComboColour,
-                        Samples = new List<SampleInfo>(Samples.Select(s => new SampleInfo
-                        {
-                            Bank = s.Bank,
-                            Name = @"slidertick",
-                            Volume = s.Volume
-                        }))
+                        Samples = sampleList
                     });
                 }
             }
diff --git a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.csproj b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.csproj
index 7d6001359a..a59d4607df 100644
--- a/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.csproj
+++ b/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu/osu.Game.Rulesets.Osu.csproj
@@ -71,6 +71,7 @@
     <Compile Include="Objects\Drawables\Connections\FollowPointRenderer.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Judgements\OsuJudgement.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Objects\Drawables\DrawableRepeatPoint.cs" />
+    <Compile Include="Objects\Drawables\ITrackSnaking.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Objects\Drawables\Pieces\ApproachCircle.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Objects\Drawables\Pieces\SpinnerBackground.cs" />
     <Compile Include="Objects\Drawables\Pieces\CirclePiece.cs" />
diff --git a/osu.Game/Overlays/DirectOverlay.cs b/osu.Game/Overlays/DirectOverlay.cs
index 979a357d1e..d5acb9dc86 100644
--- a/osu.Game/Overlays/DirectOverlay.cs
+++ b/osu.Game/Overlays/DirectOverlay.cs
@@ -313,6 +313,14 @@ namespace osu.Game.Overlays
             api.Queue(getSetsRequest);
         }
 
+        protected override void PopOut()
+        {
+            base.PopOut();
+
+            if (playing != null)
+                playing.PreviewPlaying.Value = false;
+        }
+
         private int distinctCount(List<string> list) => list.Distinct().ToArray().Length;
 
         public class ResultCounts