Tour Sydney Sprint: Difference between revisions

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'''Sydney Sprint''' is a race course featured in ''[[Mario Kart Tour]]''. It is set in [[Sydney]], {{wp|New South Wales}}, [[Australia]], and made its debut in the [[Sydney Tour (April–May 2021)|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 [[Sydney Tour (September 2021)|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 {{wp|Luna Park Sydney|Luna Park}}, the second route featuring the Mary Booth Lookout Reserve, and the third route focusing on {{wp|Barangaroo, New South Wales#Barangaroo Reserve|Barangaroo Reserve}}. The first and second routes also feature the [[Sydney Harbor Bridge]], where passengers in a nearby {{wp|Sydney Trains T set|Tangara train}} 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 {{wp|Uluru}}) 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.  

 

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

====Sydney Sprint====

At the start of the course, there is a fountain at the side of the course. If the player uses a [[Dash Mushroom|Mushroom]] to hit the fountain, they will be able to perform several [[Jump Boost|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 {{wp|Port Jackson}}. 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 {{wp|Sydney Trains T set|Tangara train}} operating on the {{wp|North Shore railway line|North Shore Line}} 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 [[coin]]s, 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]].

====Sydney Sprint 3====

Like the other two variants, this variant begins within an area in {{wp|Port Jackson}}. 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 {{wp|First Fleet-class ferry|First Fleet class ferry}}. After jumping out to a dock at Dawes Point, the path afterwards continues through {{wp|Barangaroo, New South Wales#Barangaroo Reserve|Barangaroo Reserve}} 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|Berlin Byways 3]].

===Appearances===

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

Sydney Sprint returns in the [[Mario Kart 8 Deluxe – Booster Course Pass|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 {{classic-link|Tour|New York Minute}}. 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 third 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"<ref>[https://play.nintendo.com/news-tips/news/mario-kart-8-deluxe-second-dlc/ Wave 2 is here!] ''Play Nintendo''. Retrieved August 6, 2022. ([https://web.archive.org/web/20220806023536/https://play.nintendo.com/news-tips/news/mario-kart-8-deluxe-second-dlc/ Archived] August 6, 2022, 02:35:36 UTC via Wayback Machine.) "''You can speed through location-based courses like Tour Sydney Spring and nostalgic classics like [[DS Waluigi Pinball]]''"</ref>, and again in the Nintendo Switch News section, where the "Tour" prefix was misspelled as "Tourney" Sydney Sprint.{{ref needed}}

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Sydney Pictures.png|Various pictures of the Sydney Sprint courses

Sydney Pictures 2.png|Various pictures of the Sydney Sprint courses

MKT Icon SydneySprintR KingBobomb.png|The course icon of the Reverse variant with King Bob-omb

MKT Icon SydneySprintR MarioSwimwear.png|The course icon of the Reverse variant with Mario (Swimwear)

MKT Icon SydneySprintT RosalinaSwimwear.png|The course icon of the Trick variant with Rosalina (Swimwear)

MKT Icon SydneySprintT YoshiKangaroo.png|The course icon of the Trick variant with Yoshi (Kangaroo)

MKT Icon SydneySprintT Rosalina.png|The course icon of the Trick variant with Rosalina

MKT Icon SydneySprintRT MarioSwimwear.png|The course icon of the Reverse/Trick variant with Mario (Swimwear)

MKT Icon SydneySprintRT Ludwig.png|The course icon of the Reverse/Trick variant with Ludwig

MKT Tour42 BabyMarioCupChallenge.png|The course icon of the [[Ring Race]] bonus challenge held on this course

MKT Tour42 BowserJrCupChallenge.png|The course icon of the [[Snap a Photo]] bonus challenge held on Sydney Sprint T

MKT Tour53 DaisyCupChallenge.png|The course icon of the [[Time Trial (Mario Kart Tour)|Time Trial]] bonus challenge held on this course

MKT Icon SydneySprint2R BabyMarioKoala.png|The course icon of the Reverse variant with Baby Mario (Koala)

MKT Icon SydneySprint2R WarioCowboy.png|The course icon of the Reverse variant with Wario (Cowboy)

MKT Icon SydneySprint2R WhiteYoshi.png|The course icon of the Reverse variant with White Yoshi

MKT Icon SydneySprint2T WhiteYoshi.png|The course icon of the Trick variant with White Yoshi

MKT Icon SydneySprint2T YoshiKangaroo.png|The course icon of the Trick variant with Yoshi (Kangaroo)

MKT Icon SydneySprint2T PeachHappi.png|The course icon of the Trick variant with Peach (Happi)

MKT Icon SydneySprint2RT CatToad.png|The course icon of the Reverse/Trick variant with Cat Toad

MKT Tour52 WarioCupChallenge.png|The course icon of the [[Snap a Photo]] bonus challenge held on Sydney Sprint 2T

MKT Tour52 WaluigiCupChallenge.png|The course icon of the [[Goomba Takedown]] bonus challenge held on this course

MKT Tour79 ToadetteCupChallenge.png|The course icon of the [[Combo Attack]] bonus challenge held on Sydney Sprint 2T

MKT Icon SydneySprint3R Mario.png|The course icon of the Reverse variant with Mario

MKT Icon SydneySprint3R CatToad.png|The course icon of the Reverse variant with Cat Toad

MKT Icon SydneySprint3T PeachExplorer.png|The course icon of the Trick variant with Peach (Explorer)

MKT Icon SydneySprint3T Toad.png|The course icon of the Trick variant with Toad

MKT Tour79 MiiCupChallenge.png|The course icon of the [[Glider Challenge]] bonus challenge held on this course

MKT Anniversary Tour Mario Pipe.jpg|Various Mario costumes driving on the trick variant of the course

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