Los Angeles Laps 1

Los Angeles Laps 1 is a race course from Mario Kart Tour. As its name implies, it is the first layout of Los Angeles Laps, debuting in the first Los Angeles Tour, which took place in 2020.
== Layout ==
The racers start on the Santa Monica Pier, facing away from a four-way intersection. When the race starts, they drive down the pier a bit before being forced off by a wall. This is followed by a ramp that leads onto the beach. The racers make a slight left to go along the shore, and then find a skatepark with multiple paths and some graffiti drawings. This is followed by a life guard tower which the racers must go around. They then make a left turn. Some crabs can be found on this section of the beach, moving side to side on the course as obstacles. The racers make a slight S-curve to get into the city proper. A three-way intersection with the right path leading into the Inglewood Oil Field lies up ahead; the racers must make a slight left here. The racers then come across the four-way intersection, which they turn left onto to get back onto the pier and back to the starting line.
In the Nintendo Switch version of Mario Kart 8, the second and third routes of Los Angeles Laps have been spliced in-between Los Angeles Laps 1's second-to-last and final straightaways, so the racers will have to break their drive through Los Angeles Laps 1 at the four-way intersection by taking a right turn to pass under a bridge that starts section 2, with the home stretch of the final section having them break off from the third route onto Los Angeles Laps 1 to finish the race.
== Trivia ==
* Much like Berlin Byways 3 for Berlin Byways (as Los Angeles Laps 3 came before Los Angeles Laps 2, much like Berlin Byways 2 came before Berlin Byways 1), this is the only variant of Los Angeles Laps to be labelled correctly.
* This is the only variant of Los Angeles Laps that lacks gliding. By contrast, the first route of the Amsterdam Drift course has gliding sections, with the other two lacking them.
== Gallery ==
== References ==
== See also ==
*For the whole course, see the Los Angeles Laps page.
*For the mislabelled second route, see the Los Angeles Laps 3 page.
*For the mislabelled third route, see Los Angeles Laps 2 page.
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