Tour Los Angeles Laps: Difference between revisions

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|appears_in=''[[Mario Kart Tour]]'' (2020 <small>(1)</small>, 2021 <small>(3)</small>, 2022 <small>(2)</small>)<br>''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' ([[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]], Wave 5) (2023)

|tours='''Los Angeles Laps:'''<br>[[Los Angeles Tour (2020)]]<br>[[2nd Anniversary Tour]]<br>[[Autumn Tour (2022)]]<br>'''Los Angeles Laps 2:'''<br>[[Los Angeles Tour (2022)]]<br>Autumn Tour (2022)<br>'''Los Angeles Laps 3:'''<br>[[Los Angeles Tour (2021)]]<br>Los Angeles Tour (2022)<br>[[Anniversary Tour (2022)]]<br>Autumn Tour (2022)<br>[[Summer Tour (2023)]]

'''Los Angeles Laps''' is a race course in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''. It takes place in {{wp|Los Angeles}}, {{wp|California}}, [[United States of America|United States]], and as such it makes its debut in the city's namesake tour, the [[Los Angeles Tour (2020)|2020 Los Angeles Tour]]. However, the course itself also includes landmarks from the greater {{wp|Los Angeles County, California|Los Angeles County}}, such as the {{wp|Santa Monica Pier}} and the {{wp|Inglewood Oil Field}}. Los Angeles Laps has three separate routes called Los Angeles Laps, '''Los Angeles Laps 2''', and '''Los Angeles Laps 3'''. The third route debuted first in the [[Los Angeles Tour (2021)|2021 Los Angeles Tour]] while the second route debuted in the [[Los Angeles Tour (2022)|2022 Los Angeles Tour]]. The first route features the Santa Monica Pier and {{wp|Venice,_Los_Angeles#Venice_Beach|Venice Beach}}, the second route focuses on the Inglewood Oil Field, while the third route takes racers over {{wp|Dodger Stadium}} and through {{wp|Beverly Hills}}. Unlike other city courses, each route of Los Angeles Laps takes place in an entirely different part of the overall track, thus every route has its own [[Finish line (object)|finish line]] position. So far, this is the only city course where the finish line is at a different location in each layout. The inclusion of this course makes the United States the only country to be represented by more than one city course, with [[Tour New York Minute|New York Minute]] having been introduced prior.

 

Los Angeles Laps appears as a classic course in the [[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]] for ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' as the first course of the [[Cherry Cup]].

The course also appears as '''Los Angeles Laps R''' (reversed), '''Los Angeles Laps T''' (with ramps), and '''Los Angeles Laps R/T''' (reversed with ramps).

 

The course begins in a different location from Los Angeles Laps, with the starting line instead located on a road far away from the {{wp|Santa Monica Pier}}. This is due to this route's layout not involving the pier and the beach in any way, unlike the first route. Following a left turn, racers drive towards the {{wp|Inglewood Oil Field}}. Taking a slight left turn brings them into the oil field, where there are multiple forks in the road. Each route features pumpjacks as obstacles. Racers take a U-turn to the left to continue through the oil field, avoiding two more pumpjacks and a large water tower. A sharp right takes the racers back into the main city streets, where they cross a bridge on a long straightaway before taking one last left turn back to the starting line.

 

Despite being labeled as the second route, Los Angeles Laps 2 released seven months after Los Angeles Laps 3 did. This marks the second time a city course's layouts were released out of numerical order, the first being [[Tour Berlin Byways|Berlin Byways]], with Berlin Byways 2 bring released more than a year before Berlin Byways.

In the standard layout, players start on a street that runs perpendicular to the {{wp|Santa Monica Pier}}. Just after the starting line, the road curves to the left in front of {{wp|Tongva Park}}, 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 {{wp|Los Angeles Convention Center}}. 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 {{wp|Dodger Stadium}}. After landing on the other side of the stadium, the player immediately makes two left turns before continuing down a curvy road towards {{wp|Rodeo Drive|Two Rodeo Drive}}. After going through Rodeo Drive, the player makes a sharp left turn to return to the finish line. At the start of the curvy road towards {{wp|Rodeo Drive|Two Rodeo Drive}}, there's a small corner that can only be traversed through with the use of a [[Dash Mushroom]].

 

The course also appears as '''Los Angeles Laps 3R''' (reversed), '''Los Angeles Laps 3T''' (with ramps), and '''Los Angeles Laps 3R/T''' (reversed with ramps). In the R/T variant, racers drive on top of the convention center.

Los Angeles Laps returns in ''[[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe]]'' as part of Wave 5 of the [[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|Booster Course Pass]]. It appears as the first course of the [[Cherry Cup]]. The course has received significant visual upgrades, now being set in the day instead of sunset.<ref>Nintendo UK (July 6, 2023). [https://youtu.be/-62vIsZ1LYE Wave 5 of the Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass launches July 12th!] ''YouTube''. Retrieved July 6, 2023.</ref> The course begins at the original Los Angeles Laps' starting line, before continuing normally along the first variant until the intersection with 3, turning right and passing under another lap gate on the bridge. Los Angeles Laps 3's route is used for the second lap, except at the end, instead of turning left again, racers continue straight before making a left turn into the Inglewood Oil Field, which begins Los Angeles Laps 2's route, passing under another gate to start the third and final lap. After passing under pumpjacks and over a bridge, racers make their way back to the four-way central intersection, before turning right and returning to the finish line at the Santa Monica Pier. It is the third course in the ''Mario Kart'' series to open a cup and use sections, after [[Wuhu Loop]] in ''[[Mario Kart 7]]'' and {{classic-link|Tour|Athens Dash}} in the [[Feather Cup]], as well as the second such course to solely use sections after Wuhu Loop. The orchestral hits and vocals in the course's theme have been removed, with saxophone being added instead. The {{wp|Venice Beach Skatepark}} now includes a [[Half-pipe (object)|half-pipe]]. The parked cars have been removed. Some of the coins in the baseball shaped formation at Dodger Stadium now rotate off-axis. Rodeo Drive's elevation has been evened out, with a less gradual jump in height entering it. A ramp with [[Dash Panel|Dash Panels]] has been added around where Los Angeles Laps 3's starting line was in ''Tour'', with another smaller one added along the upper middle route in Inglewood Oil Field. Two [[glider]] [[Ring (Mario Kart series)|rings]] with [[Item Box]]es have been added to Inglewood Oil Field, accessible using the Glide Ramp from the original iteration in ''Tour''. The shortcut along the Los Angeles Laps 3 route is now grassy, while two new ones have been added along the left turns that originally housed the starting line of Los Angeles Laps 2.

Los Angeles Laps is one of three courses from ''Mario Kart Tour'' to be present in the fifth wave, alongside {{classic|Tour|Athens Dash}} and {{classic-link|Tour|Vancouver Velocity}}. It is also the only course from ''Mario Kart Tour'' to not feature half-pipes that would later include them upon returning as a [[classic course]].

LosAngelesLapsscreenshot.jpg|View of {{wp|Santa Monica Pier}} from {{wp|Muscle Beach}}

MK8D Tour Los Angeles Laps Scene 3.png|[[Mario]] gliding over {{wp|Dodger Stadium}}

*This course has had the most starting line locations out of any course in the series, with 5 different locations.