Los Angeles Laps | |||
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Appears in | Mario Kart Tour (2020 (1), 2021 (3), 2022 (2)) | ||
Tour(s) |
Los Angeles Laps:
Los Angeles Tour (2020) 2nd Anniversary Tour Autumn Tour (2022) Los Angeles Laps 2: Los Angeles Tour (2022) Autumn Tour (2022) Los Angeles Laps 3: Los Angeles Tour (2021) Los Angeles Tour (2022) Anniversary Tour Autumn Tour (2022) | ||
Based on | Los Angeles and Santa Monica, United States | ||
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Los Angeles Laps is a race course in Mario Kart Tour. It takes place in Los Angeles, California, United States, and as such it makes its debut in the city's namesake tour, the 2020 Los Angeles Tour. However, the course itself also includes landmarks from the greater Los Angeles County, such as the Santa Monica Pier and the Inglewood Oil Field. Los Angeles Laps has three separate routes called Los Angeles Laps, Los Angeles Laps 2, and Los Angeles Laps 3. The second route debuted in the 2022 Los Angeles Tour while the third route debuted in the 2021 Los Angeles Tour. The first route features the Santa Monica Pier and Venice Beach, the second route focuses on the Inglewood Oil Field, while the third route takes racers over Dodger Stadium and through Beverly Hills. Unlike other city courses, each route of Los Angeles Laps takes place in an entirely different part of the overall track, thus every route has its own finish line position. So far, this is the only city course where the finish line is at a different location in each layout. The inclusion of this track makes the United States the only country to be represented by more than one city track, being this along with the New York Minute tracks.
The first route of this course is a favorite of Pauline (Party Time), Toad (Party Time), Mario (Swimwear), Mario (Sunshine), Fire Rosalina, Daisy (Swimwear), Mario (Baseball), Daisy (Thai Dress), and the Dolphin Mii Racing Suit. The second route is a favorite of Mario (Swimwear), Mario (Baseball), Mario (Golf), King Bob-omb (Gold), Waluigi (Vampire), and Chargin' Chuck, and the third route is a favorite of Pink Yoshi, Fire Rosalina, Pauline (Rose), Mario (Baseball), Luigi (Vacation), Mario (Golf), Donkey Kong Jr. (SNES), Birdo (Black), Petey Piranha, and the Pastry Chef and Ice-Cream Mii Racing Suits. It is also a favorite of Chargin' Chuck if he is at level 6.
Despite being labeled as the second route, Los Angeles Laps 2 released seven months after Los Angeles Laps 3 did. This marks the second time a city course's layouts have been released out of numerical order, the first being Berlin Byways 2, which released more than a year before Berlin Byways.
Mario Kart Tour
Course layouts
Several landmarks of Los Angeles and Santa Monica can be seen throughout each of Los Angeles Laps' layouts, which are 777 Tower, Beverly Hills City Hall, Capitol Records Building, Dodger Stadium, Inglewood Oil Field, Los Angeles City Hall, Los Angeles Convention Center, Muscle Beach, Rodeo Drive Walk of Style, Santa Monica Pier, Tongva Park, Venice Beach and the Venice Beach Skatepark, Griffith Observatory, Getty Center, and the Westin Bonaventure Hotel.
Los Angeles Laps
In the standard layout, all of the racers start the course on the Santa Monica Pier. Just after the starting line, the road curves to the left through a couple shops and onto the beach, then makes a slight left through a blue lifeguard tower. After continuing left, the course shifts right into a skatepark with multiple paths and graffiti of a Bill Blaster, some Bullet Bills, Bananas, Bloopers, two Bob-omb Plugs icons, two Red Shells, a Bowser icon and some Piranha Plants in a Warp Pipe. After that, the course shifts left underneath an elongated lifeguard tower bridge; the course then curves to the left where the rest of the beach is littered with a few Sidesteppers and an underwater section at the side. On the second lap, most of the water will disappear. Players can then make a slight S-motion into a double-lane road through the street, where they can alternate between the two lanes at will. After a wide turn left, the player then drives straight and back onto the pier, where the finish line awaits.
When configured for Coin Rush, signs will direct Gold Mario up the highest skate ramp while cars and buses will block off a lane in the double-lane road, making the collection of coins easier.
The course also appears as Los Angeles Laps R (reverse), Los Angeles Laps T (with ramps), and Los Angeles Laps R/T (reverse and with ramps).
Los Angeles Laps 2
The course begins in a different location from Los Angeles Laps, this time, the starting line is located on a road far away from the Santa Monica Pier, this is due to this route's layout not involving the pier nor the beach in any way, unlike the first route. Following a left turn, racers drive towards the Inglewood Oil Field. Taking a slight left turn brings them into the oil field, where there are multiple forks in the road. Each route features pumpjacks as obstacles. Players take a U-turn to the left to continue through the oil field, avoiding two more pumpjacks and a large water tower. A sharp right takes the racers back into the main city streets, where they cross a bridge on a long straightaway, before taking one last left turn back to the starting line.
The course also appears as Los Angeles Laps 2R (reverse), Los Angeles Laps 2T (with ramps), and Los Angeles Laps 2R/T (reverse and with ramps).
Los Angeles Laps 3
In the standard layout, players start on a street that runs perpendicular to the Santa Monica Pier. Just after the starting line, the road curves to the left in front of Tongva Park, then makes a slight right as it goes under a bridge (which is part of a road in Los Angeles Laps 2), and then curves left again to go through the Los Angeles Convention Center. The road curves to the right as it goes under the canopy of the convention center, and then curves left shortly before a Glide Ramp which sends the player over Dodger Stadium. After landing on the other side of the stadium, the player immediately makes two left turns before continuing down a curvy road towards Two Rodeo Drive. After going through Rodeo Drive, the player makes a sharp left turn to return to the finish line. In the reverse and trick variant, racers drive on top of the convention center. At the start of the curvy road towards Two Rodeo Drive, there's a small corner that can only be traversed through with the use of a Dash Mushroom.
The course also appears as Los Angeles Laps 3R (reverse), Los Angeles Laps 3T (with ramps), and Los Angeles Laps 3R/T (reverse and with ramps).
Appearances
For this course's tour appearances, see List of Los Angeles Laps tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour.
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
A very brief portion of Los Angeles Laps' music was present within the internal data for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe in version 2.1.0. The filename for the music snippet was "Cnsw_48", meaning it was assigned to the final course of the Boomerang Cup in the Booster Course Pass, included in the fourth wave. Los Angeles Laps was not present in the fourth wave of the downloadable content; however, Bangkok Rush, a course labelled internally as a Wave 5 course, was, implying that it and Los Angeles Laps were switched at some point in development.
Los Angeles Laps has not yet been confirmed or revealed to appear in an upcoming wave of the DLC, and it is unknown if it actually will appear in the future. Los Angeles Laps is one of two Mario Kart Tour city courses to not be part of the Booster Course Pass as of Wave 4, the other being Vancouver Velocity.
Sponsors
- 100% Organic Antifreeze (signs)
- Bob-omb Plugs (signs)
- Burning DK (trucks)
- Dream Gliders (signs)
- Princess Orange (shops)
- Tropical Grocery (signs)
Gallery
Los Angeles Laps
Course icons
The course icon of the Ring Race bonus challenge held on this course
The course icon of the Goomba Takedown bonus challenge held on this course
Screenshots
View of Santa Monica Pier from Muscle Beach
Bowser Jr., Funky Kong, Mario (Sunshine), Daisy, and Dixie Kong on the course
Mario (Sunshine) gliding in the Surf Sailer with the Starchute
Red Koopa (Freerunning) in the Sushi Racer and Hammer Bro in the Green Circuit
Funky Kong tricking in the Bolt Buggy and Dixie Kong tricking in the Offroader
Roy, Funky Kong, and Mario (Sunshine) tricking
Baby Mario racing in the underwater section of the course
Mario (Sunshine), Rosalina (Aurora), Luigi (Lederhosen), and Baby Mario (Koala) tricking on the course
Los Angeles Laps 2
Course icons
The course icon of the Steer Clear of Obstacles bonus challenge held on this course
The course icon of the Big Reverse Race bonus challenge held on this course
The course icon of the Time Trial bonus challenge held on this course
The course icon of the Smash Small Dry Bones bonus challenge held on this course
Screenshots
View of Inglewood Oil Field
Chargin' Chuck driving on the course with the Combo Cruiser
Los Angeles Laps 3
Course icons
The course icon of the Snap a Photo bonus challenge held on this course
The course icon of the Break Item Boxes bonus challenge held on this course
The course icon of the Do Jump Boosts bonus challenge held on this course
The course icon of the Time Trial bonus challenge held on this course
Sprites
Full sprite of a Bowser-themed image seen on a screen in the Dodger Stadium section of the course. Mario Super Sluggers artwork is used.
Screenshots
View of the Dodger Stadium
View of the Two Rodeo Drive section
Mario (Sunshine), Funky Kong, and Mario (Baseball) tricking on the course
Mario (Baseball) drifting in the Pinch Hitter
Various costumes for Princess Daisy and Princess Peach racing on the course
Names in other languages
Language | Name | Meaning | Notes |
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Japanese | ロサンゼルスコースト[?] Ros Anzerusu Kōsuto |
Los Angeles Coast | |
Chinese (simplified) | 洛杉矶环圈[?] Luòshānjī Huánquān |
Los Angeles Loop | |
Chinese (traditional) | 洛杉磯環圈[?] Luòshānjī Huánquān |
Los Angeles Loop | |
French | Road-trip à Los Angeles[?] | Los Angeles Road-trip | |
German | Los-Angeles-Strandpartie[?] | Los Angeles' Beach | |
Italian | Panorama di Los Angeles[?] | Los Angeles' Panorama | |
Korean | 로스앤젤레스 랩[?] Loseu Aenjelleseu Laeb |
Los Angeles Laps | |
Portuguese | Litoral de Los Angeles[?] | Los Angeles' Coast | |
Spanish | A tope en los Ángeles[?] | A stop in Los Angeles |