Los Angeles Laps | |||||||||||
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Appears in | Mario Kart Tour (2020 (1), 2021 (3), 2022 (2)) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Booster Course Pass, Wave 5) (2023) | ||||||||||
Cup(s) | Cherry Cup | ||||||||||
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) Summer Tour (2023) | ||||||||||
Based on | Los Angeles County, United States | ||||||||||
Online play | Available (Switch) | ||||||||||
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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 course makes the United States the only country to be represented by more than one city course, with New York Minute having been introduced prior.
Los Angeles Laps appears as a classic course in the Booster Course Pass for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as the first course of the Cherry Cup.
Mario Kart Tour
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 direct Gold Mario up the highest skate ramp while cars and buses block off a lane in the double-lane road, making the collection of coins easier.
The course also appears as Los Angeles Laps R (reversed), Los Angeles Laps T (with ramps), and Los Angeles Laps R/T (reversed with ramps).
Appearances
For this course's tour appearances, see List of Los Angeles Laps tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour § Los Angeles Laps.
Top-tier and middle-tier items
Select "show" to reveal the drivers, karts, and gliders for which Los Angeles Laps and its variants are always favored or favorite courses. For instances in which additional drivers, karts, and gliders temporarily had this course and its variants as favored or favorite courses, see List of Los Angeles Laps tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour.
Bonus challenges
Ring Race | |||||||
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Icon | Course variant | Chosen driver |
Chosen kart |
Chosen glider |
Grand Star scores | Tour appearances | Cup |
Regular | Diddy Kong |
Pipe Frame |
Super Glider |
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Los Angeles Tour (2020) | Wendy Cup | |
Autumn Tour (2022) | Mii Cup |
Vs. Mega Bowser | |||||||
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Icon | Course variant | Mega opponent information | Tour appearances | Cup | |||
Driver | Kart | Glider | Items used | ||||
R/T | Bowser |
Flame Flyer |
Heart Balloons[1] |
Bowser's Shells[1] Bob-ombs[1] |
Los Angeles Tour (2020) | Larry Cup |
Goomba Takedown | |||||||||
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Icon | Course variant | Chosen driver |
Chosen kart |
Chosen glider |
Item Box type found |
Number of item slots | Grand Star scores | Tour appearances | Cup |
Regular | Birdo |
Pipe Frame |
Super Glider |
Bob-omb Mega Mushroom |
1 |
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Los Angeles Tour (2020) | Pauline Cup | |
2nd Anniversary Tour | Yoshi Cup |
Los Angeles Laps 2
The course begins in a different location from Los Angeles Laps, with the starting line instead located on a road far away from the Santa Monica Pier. This is due to this route's layout not involving the pier and 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. Racers 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 (reversed), Los Angeles Laps 2T (with ramps), and Los Angeles Laps 2R/T (reversed with ramps).
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 were released out of numerical order, the first being Berlin Byways, with Berlin Byways 2 bring released more than a year before Berlin Byways.
Appearances
For this course's tour appearances, see List of Los Angeles Laps tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour § Los Angeles Laps 2.
Top-tier and middle-tier items
Select "show" to reveal the drivers, karts, and gliders for which Los Angeles Laps 2 and its variants are always favored or favorite courses. For instances in which additional drivers, karts, and gliders temporarily had this course and its variants as favored or favorite courses, see List of Los Angeles Laps 2 tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour.
Bonus challenges
Steer Clear of Obstacles | |||||||
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Icon | Course variant | Chosen driver |
Chosen kart |
Chosen glider |
Obstacles | Tour appearances | Cup |
Regular | Peach |
Pipe Frame |
Super Glider |
Piranha Plant (passive) Piranha Plant (aggressive) |
Los Angeles Tour (2022) | Roy Cup | |
Anniversary Tour (2023) | Cat Peach Cup |
Big Reverse Race | ||||||||||||
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Icon | Course variant | Opponents | Tour appearances | Cup | ||||||||
7th | 6th | 5th | 4th | 3rd | 2nd | 1st | Extra | |||||
Regular | Driver | Los Angeles Tour (2022) | Waluigi Cup | |||||||||
Kart | Same kart and glider as the ones used by the replaced driver | |||||||||||
Glider | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD | TBD |
Time Trial | |||||||
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Icon | Course variant | Chosen driver |
Chosen kart |
Chosen glider |
Grand Star scores | Tour appearances | Cup |
Regular | Toad (Pit Crew) |
Pipe Frame |
Super Glider |
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Autumn Tour (2022) | Hammer Bro Cup |
Smash Small Dry Bones | |||||||
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Icon | Course variant | Chosen driver |
Chosen kart |
Chosen glider |
Grand Star scores | Tour appearances | Cup |
Regular | Mario |
Pipe Frame |
Super Glider |
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Autumn Tour (2022) | Birdo Cup |
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. 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 (reversed), Los Angeles Laps 3T (with ramps), and Los Angeles Laps 3R/T (reversed with ramps). In the R/T variant, racers drive on top of the convention center.
Appearances
For this course's tour appearances, see List of Los Angeles Laps tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour § Los Angeles Laps 3.
Top-tier and middle-tier items
Select "show" to reveal the drivers, karts, and gliders for which Los Angeles Laps 3 and its variants are always favored or favorite courses. For instances in which additional drivers, karts, and gliders temporarily had this course and its variants as favored or favorite courses, see List of Los Angeles Laps 3 tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour.
Bonus challenges
Do Jump Boosts | |||||||
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Icon | Course variant | Chosen driver |
Chosen kart |
Chosen glider |
Grand Star scores | Tour appearances | Cup |
Regular | Baby Peach |
Pipe Frame |
Super Glider |
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Los Angeles Tour (2022) | Funky Kong Cup | |
Anniversary Tour (2022) | Donkey Kong Cup | ||||||
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Summer Tour (2023) | Chargin' Chuck Cup |
Time Trial | |||||||
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Icon | Course variant | Chosen driver |
Chosen kart |
Chosen glider |
Grand Star scores | Tour appearances | Cup |
Regular | Shy Guy |
Pipe Frame |
Super Glider |
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Autumn Tour (2022) | Nabbit Cup |
Break Item Boxes | |||||||||
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Icon | Course variant | Chosen driver |
Chosen kart |
Chosen glider |
Item Box type found |
Number of item slots | Grand Star scores | Tour appearances | Cup |
Regular | Yoshi |
Pipe Frame |
Super Glider |
Mega Mushroom Coin |
2 |
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Los Angeles Tour (2021) | Lemmy Cup | |
Anniversary Tour (2022) | Donkey Kong Cup | ||||||||
Summer Tour (2023) | Toadette Cup |
Snap a Photo | ||||||||||
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Icon | Course variant | Chosen driver |
Chosen kart |
Chosen glider |
Other driver information | Objectives | Tour appearances | Cup | ||
Driver | Kart | Glider | ||||||||
Regular | Mario (Baseball) |
Red B Dasher |
Starchute |
Toadette |
Pink Mushmellow |
Pink Flower Glider |
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Los Angeles Tour (2021) | Fire Bro Cup | |
Toad (Pit Crew) |
Blue Soda |
BBIA Parafoil |
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Los Angeles Laps returns in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as part of Wave 5 of the Booster Course Pass. It appears as the first course of the Cherry Cup. The course has received significant visual upgrades, now being set in the day instead of sunset.[2] The course begins at the original Los Angeles Laps' starting line, before continuing normally along the first variant until the intersection with 3, turning right and passing under another lap gate on the bridge. Los Angeles Laps 3's route is used for the second lap, except at the end, instead of turning left again, racers continue straight before making a left turn into the Inglewood Oil Field, which begins Los Angeles Laps 2's route, passing under another gate to start the third and final lap. After passing under pumpjacks and over a bridge, racers make their way back to the four-way central intersection, before turning right and returning to the finish line at the Santa Monica Pier. It is the third course in the Mario Kart series to open a cup and use sections, after Wuhu Loop in Mario Kart 7 and Tour Athens Dash in the Feather Cup, as well as the second such course to solely use sections after Wuhu Loop. The orchestral hits and vocals in the course's theme have been removed, with saxophone being added instead. The Venice Beach Skatepark now includes a half-pipe. The parked cars have been removed. Some of the coins in the baseball shaped formation at Dodger Stadium now rotate off-axis. Rodeo Drive's elevation has been evened out, with a less gradual jump in height entering it. A ramp with Dash Panels has been added around where Los Angeles Laps 3's starting line was in Tour, with another smaller one added along the upper middle route in Inglewood Oil Field. Two glider rings with Item Boxes have been added to Inglewood Oil Field, accessible using the Glide Ramp from the original iteration in Tour. The shortcut along the Los Angeles Laps 3 route is now grassy, while two new ones have been added along the left turns that originally housed the starting line of Los Angeles Laps 2.
Los Angeles Laps is one of three courses from Mario Kart Tour to be present in the fifth wave, alongside Tour Athens Dash and Tour Vancouver Velocity. It is also the only course from Mario Kart Tour to not feature half-pipes that would later include them upon returning as a classic course.
Prior to the course's official announcement for the Booster Course Pass, 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 fourth and last 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 one point in development.
Sponsors
- 100% Organic Antifreeze (signs)
- Bob-omb Plugs (signs)
- Bullet Bill Speed Trial (Baseball stadium wall banner)
- Burning DK (trucks)
- Dream Gliders (signs)
- Mario Expo in Los Angeles (poster)
- Mario Work Gear (signs)
- Morton Construction (Baseball stadium wall banner)
- Princess Orange (shops)
- Red Shell Strike Equipment (Baseball stadium wall banner)
- Shy Guy Metals (Baseball stadium wall banner)
- Tropical Grocery (signs)
Gallery
Mario Kart Tour
Los Angeles Laps
Course icons
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
Screenshots
View of Inglewood Oil Field
Chargin' Chuck driving on the course with the Combo Cruiser
Los Angeles Laps 3
Course icons
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 bridge before the Dodger Stadium
View of Rodeo Drive
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
Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
View of Venice Beach Skatepark
Rings with Item Boxes by Inglewood Oil Field
- MK8D Tour Los Angeles Laps Scene 3.png
Mario gliding over Dodger Stadium
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 | |
Dutch | Los Angeles-Boulevard[?] | - | |
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 | |
Russian | Виды Лос-Анджелеса[?] Vidy Los-Andzhelesa |
Views of Los Angeles | |
Spanish | A tope en Los Ángeles[?] | To the limit in Los Angeles |
Trivia
- This course has had the most starting line locations out of any course in the series, with 5 different locations.
References
- ^ a b c TheMadWeazel (September 28, 2020). Los Angeles Tour “Larry Cup” & All Clear Pipe Opening - Mario Kart Tour. YouTube. Retrieved December 21, 2020.
- ^ Nintendo UK (July 6, 2023). Wave 5 of the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass launches July 12th! YouTube. Retrieved July 6, 2023.