Tour Sydney Sprint

Sydney Sprint is a race course featured in Mario Kart Tour. It is set in Sydney,, Australia, and made its debut in the April–May 2021 Sydney Tour, the city's namesake tour. Like a majority of the other city courses, there are three routes for this course, which are simply named Sydney Sprint, Sydney Sprint 2, and Sydney Sprint 3. The second route debuted in the September 2021 Sydney Tour, and the third route debuted in the Anniversary Tour. The course visits various landmarks of Sydney, with the first route taking racers through the Sydney Opera House and, the second route featuring the Mary Booth Lookout Reserve, and the third route focusing on. The first and second routes also feature the Sydney Harbor Bridge, where passengers in a nearby throw items onto the road. Additionally, the second route starts in the opposite direction compared to the other two. Unlike most other city courses (with the exception of Singapore Speedway and Athens Dash), which generally condense landmarks down, every landmark featured in the varying routes of Sydney Sprint (except for ) is from the general area of the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbor Bridge; unlike Singapore Speedway, though, no routes closely approximate roads or paths featured in the actual city.

The first route for this course is a favorite of Fire Rosalina, Cat Toad, Mario (Racing), Baby Mario (Koala), Mario (Baseball), Shy Guy (Gold), and Kamek. It is also a favorite of Yoshi (Kangaroo) if he reaches level 3. The second route is a favorite of Toadette (Explorer), Luigi (Painter), Mario (Baseball), Yoshi (Kangaroo), Yoshi (Gold Egg), Birdo (Black), Pink Shy Guy (Ninja), and the Nabbit and Hammer Bro Mii Racing Suits. It is also a favorite of the White Mii Racing Suit if it reaches level 3. The third route is a favorite of Yoshi (Kangaroo), Daisy (Swimwear), Dr. Mario, Cat Mario, Toadette (Sailor), Mario (King), and the Yoshi and Castle Mii Racing Suits. It is also a favorite of the White Mii Racing Suit if it reaches level 8.

Sydney Sprint returns as the first course of the Propeller Cup in the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass.

Sydney Sprint
In the standard layout, the course begins within an area in. After a reverse curve to the right, the player enters the Sydney Opera House and makes a slight left amidst a cheering crowd to a Glide Ramp across the water. After passing under the, the player will make a 270-degree loop right amidst some fairgrounds on the left to join the highway and cross the Sydney Harbor Bridge; while on the bridge, passengers from the  operating on the  will throw random Mushrooms, Bananas and Bob-ombs onto the central span. The player then takes a long winding left through downtown Sydney before reaching the finish line.

At the start of the course, there is a fountain at the side of the course. If the player uses a Mushroom to hit the fountain, they will be able to perform several tricks.

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

Sydney Sprint 2
This layout is driven in the opposite direction compared to the previous layout. Like the original Sydney Sprint, the course's standard layout starts out at an area in. After that, there is a long winding turn through downtown Sydney. After a turn to the left, the player can reach the highway and cross the Sydney Harbor Bridge, where passengers from the operating on the  will throw random items onto the central span, just like Sydney Sprint. Next, there is a turn to the right which leads to the Mary Booth Lookout Reserve. After another turn to the left, there is a Glide Ramp which takes the player across some water. Next, there is a small street with a single ramp at the end. After the ramp, the player returns back to the Port Jackson area. At this section, the player can choose to go on the upper route which contains some coins, or the bottom route. The Sydney Opera House can also be seen at the background. After another turn to the left, the player reaches the Finish Line.

The course also appears as Sydney Sprint 2R (reverse), Sydney Sprint 2T (with ramps), and Sydney Sprint 2R/T (reverse and with ramps).

Sydney Sprint 3
Like the other two variants, this variant begins within an area in. The player drives in the same direction as Sydney Sprint, but instead of turning right, the player immediately makes a left turn, jumping into a. After jumping out to a dock at Dawes Point, the path afterwards continues through along a winding narrow path split down the middle, one half banking downwards into the turns while the other half remains level. Here, players can see Uluru in the far background. At the end of this section, the player turns to the right before they reach the Sydney Harbor Bridge, and race through the downtown of Sydney, before turning left one last time and reaching the finish line.

The course also appears as Sydney Sprint 3R (reverse) and Sydney Sprint 3T (with ramps). It is currently one of two city courses not to have its R/T variant in the game, the other being Berlin Byways 3.

Appearances
For this course's tour appearances, see List of Sydney Sprint tour appearances in Mario Kart Tour.

Mario Kart 8 Deluxe
Sydney Sprint returns in the Booster Course Pass for Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. It is the first course of the Propeller Cup, and as such is one of two courses from Mario Kart Tour to appear in the second wave, alongside. This version of the course is an expanded and combined version of Sydney Sprint, Sydney Sprint 2, and Sydney Sprint 3 from Mario Kart Tour. As Sydney Sprint 3 had yet to be released when this course was added in the Booster Course Pass, Sydney Sprint is the first Tour city course to be added to the pass before all three variants were released, and due to Sydney Sprint 3's presence in this course, is also the first Tour city course to utilize roads that were unused in Mario Kart Tour at the time of it being added into Mario Kart 8 Deluxe. The course has received significant visual and musical upgrades.

The first lap follows the layout of the first Sydney Sprint route, starting in and facing the Sydney Opera House. The fountain next to the starting line is now surrounded by grass, is much smaller, and is level with the track instead of slightly raised up, acting as an off-road shortcut. Racers drive through the Sydney Opera House, glide out of it, take a 270-degree right turn through, and cross the Sydney Harbor Bridge. While on the bridge, Toads throw coins from the, replacing the Mushrooms, Bananas and Bob-ombs they could throw in the original. The bridge now has ramps on it (in a similar vain to Sydney Sprint 2T, but not in the same arrangement) - however, these ramps are facing the opposite direction and can't be used on this lap. Coins are located in small alcoves at the end of each ramp. At the end of the bridge, racers turn left and take a highway back to the starting line.

The second lap is a combination of Sydney Sprint 3 and Sydney Sprint 2. When the second lap starts, an arrow field points to the left taking players down Sydney Sprint 3's route, where the player jumps into a before jumping out and onto a dock at  under the bridge. The path afterwards continues through along a winding narrow path split down the middle, one half banking downwards into the turns while the other half remains level. At the end of that section, the layout transitions into Sydney Sprint 2's route, crossing the Sydney Harbour Bridge from the opposite direction to the first lap, allowing racers to use the ramps in the middle. After, an arrow field directs players to the right through the Mary Booth Lookout Reserve, which they exit with a Glide Ramp to a road between the shells of the Sydney Opera House. From there, racers drive past the starting line from the opposite direction of how they started the lap.

The third and final lap is based on Sydney Sprint R. As such, it follows the same layout as the first lap, though it goes in reverse, with the player first crossing the Sydney Harbour Bridge (which again allows players to use the ramps), followed by taking a large turn through Luna Park, then gliding into the Sydney Opera House, and finally returning to the Circular Quay area where the race ends. This is the second city course in Mario Kart 8 Deluxe to feature a lap based on an R variation.

Posts made by Nintendo have misspelt the course's name twice; once in a Play Nintendo article, where it was misspelled as "Sydney Spring", and again in the Nintendo Switch News section, where the "Tour" prefix was misspelled as "Tourney" Sydney Sprint.

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Mario Kart 8 Deluxe

 * Nintendo Switch Newsfeed (US):
 * This course first appeared in the Mario Kart Tour game.
 * Modelled after Sydney, Australia, and you can see some of the city's famous landmarks while racing.
 * While the course layout changes every lap, the third lap follows the layout of the first lap, but in reverse!
 * Nintendo Switch Newsfeed (UK): Race down under in Sydney Sprint! This course had its first outing in the smart device app Mario Kart Tour, and takes you swerving and dashing past the many famous landmarks of the Australian metropolis of Sydney. The route changes depending on the number of laps, and the third go-round will have you retracting your past tracks, so you might even see other racers going the "wrong" way - how's that for inverting expectations? Be sure to greet them with a hearty "G'day!" as you zoom past!

Trivia

 * Official posts on the Nintendo of America social media accounts jokingly referred to Sydney Sprint as the Boomerang Flower's native habitat, owing to the fact that boomerangs are strongly associated with Australia, where Sydney is located.