Tour London Loop

London Loop is a race course in Mario Kart Tour. It is named after and inspired by London, England, and makes its debut in the city’s namesake tour, the London Tour. The course visits various landmarks of the city it is based on, which involves going through the and visiting a park with a Chain Chomp near the Tower of London.

This course is a favorite of Red Koopa (Freerunning), Daisy (Holiday Cheer), Luigi (Classic), Peach (Wedding), and Dixie Kong.

The course also appears as London Loop R (reverse), London Loop T (with ramps), and London Loop R/T (reverse and with ramps).

Course layout
The course begins to the right of Big Ben, followed by a gradual right next to a double-decker bus. The road then weaves its way around, then makes another gradual right through and a part of  before making a sharp left at. The player then reaches, which they exit after making a single slight right. After another sharp right with a Chain Chomp in a green space in front of the Tower of London, the player crosses, then takes another sharp right to bypass and  with the  in the background. After a left sigmoid curve, the player returns to the finish line.

London Tour
In the London Tour, London Loop served as the tour's signature course. It appeared as the first course in the Daisy Cup, the second course in the Koopa Troopa Cup, the location of the bonus challenges in the Toad Cup, the Shy Guy Cup, the Ludwig Cup, and the Bowser Cup, and the location of the tour's Coin Rush. Its T variant appeared as the second course in the Peach Cup and the third course in the Donkey Kong Cup, its R variant appeared as the third course in the Shy Guy Cup and the second course in the Waluigi Cup, and its R/T variant appeared as the first course in the Dry Bones Cup and the third course in the Wario Cup.



1st Anniversary Tour
In the 1st Anniversary Tour, London Loop appeared as the first course in the Koopa Troopa Cup and the location of the bonus challenge in the Peach Cup and the Daisy Cup. Its T variant appeared as the third course in the Baby Peach Cup, its R variant appeared as the second course in the Mario Cup, and its R/T variant appeared as the first course in the Dry Bones Cup.



2nd Anniversary Tour
In the 2nd Anniversary Tour, London Loop appeared as the third course in the Pink Gold Peach Cup and the location of the bonus challenge in the Baby Luigi Cup. Its T variant appeared as the third course in the Peach Cup, and its R variant appeared as the first course in the Mario Cup.



Trivia

 * The music for this course, as well as its subsequent variations, bears similarities to that of Rock Rock Mountain, as well as being a reference to 1960s British rock music.
 * This layout of the overall London Loop course is the only European city course that was not brought back in the Metropolitan Tour.

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