Los Angeles Tour (2020)

The Los Angeles Tour was the twenty-seventh tour of Mario Kart Tour, which began on September 23, 2020 and ended on October 6, 2020. True to its name, the tour introduced a new course named after, , aptly named Los Angeles Laps, marking the first instance of a tour taking place in the same country as a previous tour (the New York Tour; both cities are in the United States), and the sixth city-based nitro course overall (with the last one being Vancouver Velocity in the Vancouver Tour, eight months prior). However, the track itself takes place in as indicated by the  and the course flags welcoming players to Santa Monica.

This tour took place during the game's first anniversary, although the game did not commemorate it until the next tour, the 1st Anniversary Tour. It also introduced a new variant of Mario based on his Sunshine outfit from Super Mario Sunshine and Super Mario Odyssey. This tour also featured the first new R/T course since SNES Vanilla Lake 1R/T in the Trick Tour, being Los Angeles Laps R/T. The menu's background featured the Santa Monica Pier as the landmark for this tour.

Signature kart sets
In every cup, the driver which the cup is themed about is raised a tier on each track, making them a three- or two-item driver on that course. Up until the Ice Tour, a kart and a glider were also given a bonus for each race in the cup.

Rewards
Gold cells indicate rewards exclusive to Gold Pass members.

Initial pipe appearance rates
In the Los Angeles Tour, the Beachside Pipe held 50 items instead of 100 items and contained these items:

Los Angeles Pipe 2 held these items:

In the Los Angeles Tour, the All-Clear Pipe held all regular High-End items, but only shot out one item at random and could contain any of these items:

Event Shop
The limited-time event where event tokens appeared began on September 27, 2020 and lasted until October 6, 2020.

Profiles

 * Mario Kart Tour Twitter:
 * "The Super Mario Kart Tour is wrapping up. Starting Sept. 23, 11 PM PT, drive off into the sunset in the Los Angeles Tour! Great weather, a beach, and a ferris wheel. Time to enjoy the last days of summer in style on the track in blue."
 * "Cruise along the beach in style. It's time for the Los Angeles Tour!"
 * "Sushi from Super Mario 64 is here as a kart! This kart will be featured alongside other beach-themed karts and gliders in the Beachside Pipe, which is available for a limited time from Sept. 26, 11 PM PT, to Oct. 1, 10:59 PM PT."
 * "You can find the new Sushi Racer kart and the Green Circuit kart in pipes, including the All-Clear Pipe that you can fire by clearing all of this tour's cups in blue."
 * "The Los Angeles Tour is almost over. Thanks for racing! Next up in blue is the long-awaited 1st Anniversary Tour!."

Trivia

 * In the Wendy Cup, RMX Rainbow Road 1 depicted Rosalina in its icon, even though she only received two items per Item Box on that course.
 * The Los Angeles Tour was the second tour to host a Vs. Mega (opponent) race on a variation of a course, namely Los Angeles Laps R/T. The first tour to do this was the Trick Tour, which took place on SNES Mario Circuit 3T.
 * Coincidentally, both races had Bowser as the Mega opponent.