Taxi Dash

Taxi Dash puts you behind the wheel of a chunky yellow cab, seen from above on a cartoon city grid that scrolls along with you. Fares wait on the pavement at marked kerb spots. Stop beside one and they hop in; an arrow and a distance counter point the way to the drop-off, and a patience bar starts to run down. Get there in time and you earn coins for the ride, a tip for driving smoothly and extra seconds on the shift clock.

The cab steers like a car: it turns as it moves, reversing swings the nose the other way, and the handbrake kicks the tail out for a quick drift round a tight corner. Traffic is friendly. Other cars keep to their lane, wait their turn at junctions and brake for you rather than ram you, but a bump into a kerb, a barrier or a bumper still costs three seconds, a slice of the tip and the no-bumps star. Road works close streets, rivers only cross at the bridges, and a minimap shows the quickest way round.

Forty levels run through eight districts, from the cobbled lanes of Old Town to the container yards of the Docklands, on maps that grow as you go. Each level asks for something different: deliver a number of fares, earn a number of coins, or collect happy tips by driving gently. Every level has three stars to win, for hitting the target, finishing without a bump and beating par. When you want a quick run with no level to finish, Endless Shift keeps the fares coming for as long as your clock lasts and saves your high score. Progress and best scores stay in your browser.