Los Angeles Laps 3

Los Angeles Laps 3 is a race course in Mario Kart Tour. It is named and based after, , and is the third layout of the overall Los Angeles Laps course. It makes its debut in the city's namesake tour, the 2021 Los Angeles Tour. This layout takes drivers through more streets compared to the previous layouts as well as letting racers glide over, therefore the finish line is now positioned near the stadium on a broad street close to the sea.

This course is a favorite of Pink Yoshi, Birdo (Black), Fire Rosalina, Pauline (Rose), Mario (Baseball), Luigi (Vacation), Mario (Golf), and Donkey Kong Jr. (SNES). It can also be a favorite of Chargin' Chuck if he is at level 6.

The course also appears as Los Angeles Laps 3R (reverse), Los Angeles Laps 3T (with ramps), and Los Angeles Laps 3R/T (reverse and with ramps).

Despite being labeled as "Los Angeles Laps 3", the course was released before Los Angeles Laps 2, making it the second playable layout of the overall Los Angeles Laps course.

Course layout
In the standard layout, players start on a street that runs perpendicular to the. Just after the starting line, the road curves to the left in front of, then makes a slight right as it goes under a bridge (which is part of a road in Los Angeles Laps 2), and then curves left again to go through the. The road curves to the right as it goes under the canopy of the convention center, and then curves left shortly before a Glide Ramp which sends the player over. After landing on the other side of the stadium, the player immediately makes two left turns before continuing down a curvy road towards. After going through Rodeo Drive, the player makes a sharp left turn to return to the finish line. In the reverse and trick variant, racers drive on top of the convention center.

Shortcuts
At the start of the curvy road towards, there's a small corner that can only be traversed through with the use of a Dash Mushroom.

Los Angeles Tour (2021)
In the 2021 Los Angeles Tour, Los Angeles Laps 3 served as the tour's signature course. It appeared as the first course in the Mario Cup, the third course in the Funky Kong Cup, and the location of the bonus challenges in the Fire Bro Cup and the Lemmy Cup. Its R/T variant appeared as the first course in the Toadette Cup and the third course in the Ludwig Cup, its R variant appeared as the second course in the Pink Gold Peach Cup and the first course in the Metal Mario Cup, and its T variant appeared as the first course in the Larry Cup and the second course in the Dry Bowser Cup.



Los Angeles Tour (2022)
In the 2022 Los Angeles Tour, Los Angeles Laps 3 appeared as the first course in the Ice Bro Cup and the location of the bonus challenge in the Funky Kong Cup. Its R variant appeared as the first course in the Toad Cup, and its T variant appeared as the third course in the Monty Mole Cup.



Trivia

 * This course being released before Los Angeles Laps 2 marks the second time a city course's layouts have been released out of order, after Berlin Byways 2, which released before Berlin Byways 1.
 * This is the first city course layout where the finish line is at a different location compared to the first layout.

Panorama di Los Angeles 3