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 introduced a new variation of Tokyo Blur known as Tokyo Blur 2, while also introducing a new variant of Mario in his outfit from Super Mario Odyssey 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
Drivers with a corresponding cup in the tour were bumped one rank up in every course of their cup. Each one had a specific kart and glider pair that were also bumped one rank up, though these sometimes changed between tours. This was the last tour to use set karts and gliders.

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?"

Trivia

 * While this is the third tour to include a Ready, Set, Rocket Start bonus challenge, it is currently the latest tour to include this type of bonus challenge.