5 Backward compatibility
ASAM OpenDRIVE 1.8.1 is backwards compatible with ASAM OpenDRIVE 1.8.0.
As a maintenance version, it fixes some bugs present in 1.8.0 and introduces a new chapter, but all existing features from ASAM OpenDRIVE 1.8.0 remain supported. For a full list of changes see Annex F.1, Revision history ASAM OpenDRIVE 1.8.0.