Tour Amsterdam Drift

Amsterdam Drift is a race course featured in Mario Kart Tour. It is named after and inspired by Amsterdam, the, and makes its debut in the Amsterdam Tour, the city's namesake tour. The track visits various landmarks of the city it is based on, which involves gliding over a railway and going through a field with various windmills. Though the track mainly features the city of Amsterdam, the windmills that appear in the course reference the, located just outside Amsterdam.

The course is a favorite of Luigi (Golf), Mario (Aviator), Rosalina (Volendam), Donkey Kong Jr. (SNES), and the Nabbit and Pastry Chef Mii Racing Suits.

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

Course layout
In the standard layout, the racers start the course on street, in between the  and, while they head towards  before making a right turn. After that, the racers make a left turn while they pass the, followed by going underneath the and through the. The racers then glide over a river acting as both the in Amsterdam and the  at the Zaanse Schans, in between the mills  and  while avoiding their sails. They then make their way to a dirt road with Monty Moles (Goombas in the T variant). Houses and windmills resembling those found on the at the Zaanse Schans appear in the background of the area. The course eventually leads to a Dash Panel, making the racers jump onto a ferry. This is followed by another jump from the ferry onto the paved road again. The racers then go down the street, which leads right behind the Royal Palace, along with  and the Former Amsterdam Main Post Office (currently a shopping mall known as ). There, there is a moving tram which drivers can run into for a Jump Boost. The road makes a gradual left, transitioning into the street and going past Gebouw Industria, before leading to the finish line. In the T and R/T variants and the Do Jump Boosts bonus challenge of the course, the player can go underwater in some parts of the course.

Shortcuts
In the dirt road with Monty Moles, there's a ramp with Dash Panels on the right side off-road that racers can take. In order to get to the ramp more effectively, racers must use a Dash Mushroom.

Amsterdam Tour
In the Amsterdam Tour, Amsterdam Drift serves as the tour's signature course. It appeared as the first course in the Rosalina Cup, the second course in the Donkey Kong Cup, the location of the bonus challenge in the Toad Cup, and the location of the tour's Coin Rush. Its R/T variant appeared as the third course in the Rosalina Cup, its R variant appeared as the first course in the Dry Bowser Cup and the second course in the Dixie Kong Cup, and its T variant appeared as the third course in the Dry Bowser Cup, the second course in the Ludwig Cup, and the location of the bonus challenge in the Luigi Cup.



Metropolitan Tour
In the Metropolitan Tour, Amsterdam Drift appeared as the third course in the Iggy Cup and the location of the bonus challenge in the Luigi Cup. Its R variant appeared as the third course in the Peach Cup, and its T variant appeared as the first course in the Wario Cup.



Trivia

 * The arrow signs in city courses are usually colored to match the flag of the nation the city is from (i.e. London Loop (United Kingdom) has red, white, and blue arrow signs while Berlin Byways (Germany) has gold, red and black signs), though Amsterdam Drift's are green, yellow, and gold, which do not align the nation's flag color scheme of red, white and blue. Yellow and green resemble the colors of the, the capital of South Holland.
 * Prior to the course's reveal, [[Media:MKT 377GB.png|a gold badge]] within Mario Kart Tour directly mentioned Amsterdam by name.

Amsterdam in derapata