Car Sort: Color Puzzle Level 488 Solution Walkthrough
Route Reference
Key opening, middle, and finish positions for this route.
Cylinder Shelf Layout
The opening position shows yellow, pink, cyan, red, green, purple, orange, brown, cream, and dark cars. A tall vertical road runs between the shelves, with round cylinders blocking several horizontal lanes. The bottom and side shelves are tempting, but they only work after the road is open.
Recommended order:
pink upper-right -> yellow left shelf -> cyan right shelf -> red middle-right -> green lower-left -> cream middle-left -> purple lower-right -> orange right shelf -> brown final cleanup
Pink opens the top road. Yellow and cyan then establish the main vertical lane.
Open The Vertical Road
Start with pink near the upper-right. It clears the first top exit and creates a path down the center. Yellow from the left shelf follows. Move yellow as a full row; splitting it leaves cars across the cylinders.
Cyan on the right shelf becomes safe after yellow. It opens the opposite side and makes the middle road much easier to read.
Middle Shelf Chain
Red on the middle-right should move after cyan. Green from the lower-left follows, then cream from the middle-left. These colors remove the main horizontal blockers and expose the final right-side shelves.
The checkpoint is a clean vertical road with no red or green cars sitting across the middle.
The cylinders make this checkpoint important. A car left across one cylinder can block both sides of the board, even when another shelf looks ready. Wait for each row to finish sliding through the vertical road.
Right-Side Cleanup
Purple from the lower-right becomes safe late. Orange should follow, then brown as the final cleanup. Brown has a short path only after the cylinders around it are clear.
The right side should be handled from the inside out. Purple opens the lower bend, orange clears the shelf above it, and brown leaves once the vertical road has no traffic.
Recovery Advice
If Level 488 blocks, look at the vertical road first. Clear the color inside that lane before tapping another shelf. If the right-side purple or orange shelf was opened too early, finish yellow, cyan, red, or green to reopen the road.
If brown is stuck near the right side, leave it until purple and orange have cleared. Brown is a cleanup color and does not help open the cylinder shelves.
If the board differs from the replay, choose the exposed row closest to the central road rather than the farthest side shelf. That keeps the vertical lane usable.