Amsterdam Drift 2

Amsterdam Drift 2 is a race course featured in Mario Kart Tour. It is named after and inspired by Amsterdam, the, and is the second layout of the overall Amsterdam Drift course. It debuted in the Metropolitan Tour alongside Berlin Byways. This layout is driven in the opposite direction compared to the first layout, as well as instead of visiting parts of the city, the race takes place mostly in the canal. Due to this, the majority of this course is set underwater, making this the first and only city course with mandatory underwater driving.

This course is a favorite of Toadette (Explorer), Baby Mario (Koala), Penguin Mario, Penguin Toadette, Rosalina (Volendam), Daisy (Farmer), Rosalina (Chef), and the Gold Mii Racing Suit.

The course also appears as Amsterdam Drift 2R (reverse) and Amsterdam Drift 2T (with ramps).

Course layout
In the standard layout, the racers start the course on street, in between the  and, but unlike the first Amsterdam Drift, racers now head away from , where they then take a slight right turn before heading into the  canal. Racers take a sharp left turn in the canal and maneuver in between many warp pipes with currents coming out of them. A serpentine turn is taken before heading to a straightaway. Here, racers can choose to drive out of the water via a current and onto a boat on the canal briefly. Passing the boat, there is a fork in the road where players can either go straight ahead, and then take a 90 degree left turn, or take a 90 degree left turn earlier, and then take a right turn again after. When both routes meet up again, they lead to a ramp that leads out of the canal again, and back to the surface outside the Amsterdam Centraal Station. One final left turn is taken before reaching the finishing line.

Metropolitan Tour
In the Metropolitan Tour, Amsterdam Drift 2 was one of the two signature courses of the Metropolitan Tour, the other being Berlin Byways; however, it was not the tour’s spotlight course. It appeared as the first course in the Mario Cup, the second course in the Baby Luigi Cup, and the location of the bonus challenges in the Yoshi Cup and the Toadette Cup. Its R variant appeared as the first course in the Luigi Cup and the second course in the Cat Peach Cup, and its T variant appeared as the third course in the Luigi Cup and the second course in the Yoshi Cup.



Trivia

 * Amsterdam Drift 2 is one of three city courses that did not have an R/T variant in the course's debut tour. The other two are Tokyo Blur 3 (whose R/T variant would later debut in the Mario vs. Peach Tour after the course's debut in the Summer Festival Tour) and Berlin Byways.
 * This course has the shortest period of time between the release of the original layout and a subsequent layout, debuting less than two months after the original Amsterdam Drift in the Amsterdam Tour.

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