Singapore Speedway
- This article is about the race course from Mario Kart Tour. For its musical theme, see Singapore Speedway (theme).
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| Appears in | Mario Kart Tour (2022 (1, 2), 2023 (3)) Mario Kart 8 Deluxe (Booster Course Pass, Wave 4) (2023) | ||||||||||
| Cup | Boomerang Cup | ||||||||||
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Singapore Speedway:
Singapore Tour Winter Tour (2023) Night Tour Singapore Speedway 2: Ocean Tour Anniversary Tour (2022) Winter Tour (2023) Night Tour Singapore Speedway 3: Winter Tour (2023) Anniversary Tour (2023) | ||||||||||
| Based on | Singapore | ||||||||||
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Singapore Speedway is a race course in Mario Kart Tour. It is set in Singapore, and made its debut in the city-state's namesake tour, the Singapore Tour. It takes the racers around various parts of the city it is inspired by, which involves gliding over a soccer field and going through a swimming pool with Innertube Goombas on top of the Marina Bay Sands resort. Due to Singapore's status as a city-state, this is the only city course to be named after the country in which it is located.
This course has three routes named Singapore Speedway, Singapore Speedway 2, and Singapore Speedway 3. The second route debuted in the Ocean Tour, while the third debuted in the 2023 Winter Tour. The first route has a strong focus on the Marina Bay Sands, the second route takes racers through the Gardens by the Bay and the Helix Bridge, and the third route takes racers over the ArtScience Museum and through Chinatown. The first and second routes have the racers go around Singapore counterclockwise; however, the third route has them go around clockwise instead.
Notably, unlike other city courses, which generally condense landmarks down, the area in which Singapore Speedway is set is modeled largely after a real life space, that being the Central Area. Most buildings, including generic skyscrapers, as well as certain routes, match up with their respective placements in the actual Central Area. This is one of two city courses to lack any in-game brand advertisements, the other being Athens Dash.
Singapore Speedway returns in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe as the fourth and last course of the Boomerang Cup in the Booster Course Pass.
Mario Kart Tour[edit]
Singapore Speedway[edit]
In the standard layout, the course begins on the Esplanade Bridge, in between St. Andrew's Cathedral and Merlion Park. The racers start facing east on the map (south by southwest in real life). Racers drive along a brief straightaway before going down a slight downhill slope leading to the Central Area. It takes a slight right on a divided road, then takes two sharp lefts to a dash panel and a circus cannon leading to the top of Marina Bay Sands. The entrance to Chinatown can be seen in the area. After that, the course features a shallow underwater infinity pool with Innertube Goombas. On the side of the pool, there are several dash panels. Next, there is a glide ramp with two following boost rings that take racers across the grandstand of The Float @ Marina Bay with the Esplanade Theatres in the background. Racers then go underneath the stands and make a sharp left afterwards to the finish line. In the course, a blimp with the Mario Kart Tour logo can be found in the background.
The course also appears as Singapore Speedway R (reversed), Singapore Speedway T (with ramps), and Singapore Speedway R/T (reversed with ramps). In the R and R/T variants, racers can bounce off of a blimp. In the T variant, racers briefly drive on a part of the stands that is now free of spectators. In the R/T variant, the starting line is now located in the infinity pool at Marina Bay Sands, making this course one of five courses in Mario Kart Tour to not start in the same location as the original, the others being 3DS Rock Rock Mountain T, 3DS Rainbow Road T, 3DS Rainbow Road R/T, and Athens Dash R/T.
Appearances[edit]
For this course's tour appearances, see List of Singapore Speedway tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour § Singapore Speedway.
Top-tier and middle-tier items[edit]
Select "show" to reveal the drivers, karts, and gliders for which Singapore Speedway 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 Singapore Speedway tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour.
