Carrara 8.5 vs 8.1 any issues

Hello
Long time since I posted here. I haven't need to use Carrara in a while, I'm about to jump back in. I have a newer windows 10 machine I would like to install and use.
It would be nice to just install one version. I would like to just install 8.5. I do not use human figures, just technical stuff I model in carrara.
For some reason I thought there was a change in shaders in 8.5 and I want to reecall old projects without having to tweek what I have done already.
So will 8.5 not alter the look of my old projects, or should I also install 8.1 to be safe. Will something modeled in 8.5 open in 8.1?
Also does the render node work with both? I don't seem to have a serial for that in my account even though I thought I bought it.
Thanks
Brad
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Hi,
I've never had any issues opening models I have done in 8.5 in 8.1 or visa versa
I don't have render node so can't answer that one
Thanks Stezza!
Carrara 8.5 gots mostly improvements and compability updates compared to 8.1, so there's nothing that shouldn't work on the newer version.