List of favored and favorite courses in Mario Kart Tour

It has been requested that this article be rewritten and expanded to include items upgraded to favorite courses (with indicators).

In Mario Kart Tour, every driver, kart, and glider has a set of favored and favorite courses. Using one on such a course grants special bonuses, such as more items and frenzies, extra bonus points, or longer combo time. Since version 2.0.0, the list of items for a course that they have as favored or favorite only changes when that course is featured in a tour, with one or more variants of the course receiving favored or favorite status for recently added drivers, karts, or gliders.

Favorite courses, courses in which items are listed in the top shelf, grant the largest bonuses; for example, drivers receive three items per box. Favored courses, courses in which items are listed in the middle shelf, offer a smaller amount of bonuses, such as two items per box for drivers. Two conditions can modify an item's rank on certain appearances of a course:

If the driver corresponds to the cup, they will be bumped one rank up for all three courses in said cup, from bottom to middle or from middle to top. Even if the same course exists in a different cup, it will not apply to the driver in that other cup. For example, using Mario on Mario Circuit 1R in the Mario Cup changes the course from favored to favorite, although the same is not true for another appearance of Mario Circuit 1R contained in another driver's cup.
- Before the Ice Tour, this also applied to a certain kart and glider in each cup. The karts and gliders that received a cup bonus in each tour can be found in the page for that tour under "Signature kart sets".
During every tour, the spotlight drivers, karts, and gliders of the first pipe are bumped one rank up for the second race in every cup. Similarly, the spotlight drivers, karts, and gliders of the second pipe are bumped one rank up for the third race in every cup.
- Occasionally, certain items are bumped one rank up in the first race in every cup during their debut in a certain tour. This has happened with the Rambi Rider in the Jungle Tour, the Super Mario Kart Glider in the Super Mario Kart Tour, the Sunset Cloud in the Sunset Tour, the Red Standard 8 and Green Standard 8 (along with Mario and Luigi) in the Mario vs. Luigi Tour, the New Year's 2021 in the Rosalina and New Year's 2021 Tours, the Penguin Slider and the Penguin Wingtip in the Berlin Tour, the Happy Ride in the Peach vs. Daisy Tour, the Crimson Hop Rod in the Ninja Tour, and the Happy Ride and the Glinting Glider in the Wedding Tour.
In rare cases where a spotlight driver is the featured driver in one of the cups, they receive a bump of two ranks up on the race where the boosts coincide, automatically making the course a favorite course. Before the Ice Tour, this was possible for karts and gliders as well. This has happened in 15 cups thus far, though some items already had the affected course(s) as favored or favorite:

Tour	Cup	Track	Driver/kart/glider	Normal tier	Boosted tier
Tokyo Tour	Peach Cup	SNES Rainbow Road	Purple Oilpaper Umbrella	Bottom	Top
Tokyo Tour	Peachette Cup	Tokyo Blur R/T	Full Flight	Top	Top
Halloween Tour (2019)	King Boo Cup	DS Luigi's Mansion T	Wicked Wings	Bottom	Top
Paris Tour	Baby Daisy Cup	SNES Mario Circuit 1	Strawberry Crêpe	Bottom	Top
	Peachette Cup	GCN Yoshi Circuit T	Macharon	Bottom	Top
	Peachette Cup	GCN Yoshi Circuit T	Strawberry Crêpe	Bottom	Top
Mario Bros. Tour	Mario Cup	DS Waluigi Pinball	Mario	Bottom	Top
Mario Bros. Tour	Luigi Cup	RMX Mario Circuit 1T	Luigi	Bottom	Top
Baby Rosalina Tour	Rosalina Cup	London Loop 2R/T	Rosalina	Bottom	Top
Hammer Bro Tour	Hammer Bro Cup	N64 Koopa Troopa Beach	Hammer Bro	Middle	Top
Yoshi Tour (2020)	Birdo Cup	SNES Donut Plains 1R/T	Birdo	Bottom	Top
Peach Tour	Pink Gold Peach Cup	SNES Mario Circuit 3R/T	Pink Gold Peach	Bottom	Top
Mario vs. Luigi Tour	Mario Cup	SNES Mario Circuit 1R/T	Mario	Bottom	Top
Mario vs. Luigi Tour	Luigi Cup	DS Luigi Mansion R/T	Luigi	Middle	Top
Bowser vs. DK Tour	Dry Bowser Cup	GCN Dino Dino Jungle	Dry Bowser	Top	Top
Bowser vs. DK Tour	Funky Kong Cup	SNES Vanilla Lake 1T	Funky Kong	Top	Top

Also, starting with the 1st Anniversary Tour, as of version 2.6.0, if a driver, kart, or glider reaches a certain level, some favored courses become favorite courses for that item. Normal items receive one favorite boost at level 6, Super items receive two (one at level 3 and one at level 6), and High-End items receive four (two at level 3 and two at level 6).

An * indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 3 and an ** indicates a favored course upgraded to a favorite course after reaching level 6.