I.T. Kid

A green truck, a desert road and a line of police cars that want it stopped. Smugglers is FreeOnlineGames' 2009 chase game, and it starts before the first corner: you choose which vehicle to drive and tune the three things that decide how it handles -- turning, top speed and acceleration -- then set the picture quality, the sound, whether the road is littered with obstructions, and the difficulty from Easy to Nightmare.

Out on the road it is a running fight rather than a lap race: hold the throttle, keep clear of the police and stay ahead for as long as you can. The tuning is the reason it is worth more than one attempt, because a heavy truck that grips and a light car that sprints are two different games, and the difficulty setting changes how hard the law leans on you. It is the kind of browser chase that rewards a clean line over a fast one.