Tour Madrid Drive: Difference between revisions

|image=[[File:MadridDrive1Capitol.png|300px]]<br>View of {{wp|Gran Vía, Madrid|Gran Vía}}

|appears_in=''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' (2023)<br>''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' ([[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]], Wave 6) (2023)

'''Madrid Drive''' is a race course in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''. It is named after and inspired by the city of [[Madrid]], Spain. It is the fourteenth and last real world city course added to the game. The course takes racers through many landmarks of the city such as the {{wp|Puerta del Sol}} and the {{wp|Puerta de Alcalá}}. The course has three routes, Madrid Drive, '''Madrid Drive 2''', and '''Madrid Drive 3'''; the first two debuted together in the [[Summer Tour (2023)|2023 Summer Tour]] while the third route debuted two tours later in the [[Anniversary Tour (2023)|2023 Anniversary Tour]] - Madrid Drive is the third city course in a row to not debut in a tour named after its respective city and is also the city to have the shortest gap between separate releases of routes. The first route takes racers to the {{wp|Gran Vía, Madrid|Gran Vía}} and {{wp|Santiago Bernabéu Stadium}}, the second route features {{wp|Parque del Buen Retiro, Madrid|Retiro Park}}, {{wp|Plaza Mayor, Madrid|Plaza Mayor}} and the {{wp|Market of San Miguel}}, and the third route features the [[Prado Museum]] and {{wp|Madrid Atocha railway station|Atocha station}}. Additionally, the second route starts in the opposite direction compared to the other two. The course is the seventh course set in a European city. The course features [[Shoe Goomba]]s playing soccer, [[Wiggler]]s and [[Thwomp]]s. The fences seen across this course use the same color scheme as the ones seen in [[Tour Berlin Byways|Berlin Byways]], albeit in a slightly different pattern. The starting line for the course resembles the gate for the {{wp|Royal Palace of Madrid}}.

Madrid Drive returns in ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' as the first course of the [[Spiny Cup]] in the [[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]]. Its theme was arranged for the Booster Course Pass end credits.

Madrid Drive reappears in ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'', as part of the sixth and final wave of the [[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]] DLC. It appears as the first course of the [[Spiny Cup]], and thus functions as the final city course of the pass. It has received significant visual improvements compared to its ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' iteration. The first lap is based on Madrid Drive 3, the second lap is based on Madrid Drive 2R, and the final lap is based on the first route of Madrid Drive. This makes it the only city course in the game to have its laps traverse its ''Mario Kart Tour'' variants in reverse order, and one of two courses originally introduced in ''Mario Kart Tour'' to begin with a lap that is not the first variant, alongside [[Piranha Plant Cove]]. The remaining [[Wiggler]] in {{wp|Plaza Mayor}} now sleeps on Lap 1 before waking up during Lap 2, with the other being removed; it also faces the other direction to match the 2R route. Additionally, the smaller body of water players drove over from ''Tour'' has been covered up. The [[Goomba|Goombas]] from Madrid Drive have been moved from the three-quarters turn up the overpass to the section after along the left turn. [[Dash Panel]]s have been added inside the {{wp|Santiago Bernabéu Stadium}}. [[Piranha Plant]]s have been added in the {{wp|Madrid Atocha railway station|Atocha station}} like Madrid Drive 3R. Additional coins have been added at Retiro Park, and racers can now glide around the monument to collect them. Castanets have been added to the course's music.<ref>GameXplain (November 1, 2023). [https://youtu.be/Zp88vZ2POcc NEW Gameplay + Music of All 8 Tracks in Wave 6 of Mario Kart 8 Deluxe Booster Course DLC! (JP Site)]. ''YouTube''. Retrieved November 1, 2023.</ref>

Similar to {{classic-link|Wii|Mushroom Gorge}}, {{classic-link|Wii|Grumble Volcano}}, {{classic-link|3DS|DK Jungle}}, and {{classic-link|3DS|Neo Bowser City}}, the stadium and museum variants of the course's music are slightly modified versions of their ''Mario Kart Tour'' counterparts. Both music renditions feature slightly more reverb in addition to other subtle modifications, such as a faint, low-pitched drum beat in the stadium.

MadridDrive1Stadium.jpg|View of the {{wp|Santiago Bernabéu Stadium}}

MK8D Tour Madrid Drive Scene 7.png|View of the [[Starting Line]]

|GerM=City Tour of Madrid

|RusM=Madrid Holidays

*A couple of Madrid's famous billboards have been changed.

**In Puerta del Sol, the {{wp|Tío Pepe}} sign is substituted by a Mario Kart sign.

**The {{wp|Schweppes}} sign on the {{wp|Edificio Capitol}} has been changed to a "[[List of sponsors debuting in Mario Kart Tour#Sparkling|Sparkling]]" sign.