New Year's Tour (2020)

The New Year's Tour was the eighth tour of Mario Kart Tour, which began on January 1, 2020 and ended on January 14, 2020. The tour celebrated the new year of 2020 and featured Mario in a and Toad in a celebratory costume as spotlight characters. Similar to the festive trees in the previous three tours, kadomatsu were added throughout many of the courses; hitting one with an item during a race granted "Happy New Year!" bonus points. The 10 daily log-in bonuses for this tour rewarded the player with 5 rubies each day, for a total of 50 rubies. The menu's background featured, the , and as landmarks for this tour.

Signature kart sets
In every cup, the driver which the cup is themed about is a three or two star item on that course. The driver, and their specific kart and glider are bumped up one tier. This item sometimes changes between tours. This is the last tour where a kart and glider get bumped up.

Rewards
Gold cells indicate rewards exclusive to Gold Pass members.

Initial pipe appearance rates
During the New Year's Tour, the amounts of the various items were changed:

Profiles

 * Mario Kart Tour Twitter:
 * "The first tour of 2020 is the aptly named New Year's Tour! And it starts Dec. 31, 10 PM PT!"
 * "New year, new tour...and a new Log-In Bonus! Start 2020 off right with the New Year's Log-In Bonus. You can get up to 50 rubies just by logging in! Here's a challenge to start the new year off with: try to find all six Yoshis hidden in this picture!"
 * "Thanks for racing in the New Year's Tour, the very first of 2020! This tour may be coming to a close, but the year is just getting started. The Ice Tour starts Jan. 14, 10 PM PT! Are you ready for some heated wintertime battles?"