Cadence has released VTD 2026.2, the latest version of its open, modular platform for creating and validating virtual driving scenarios for advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and automated driving.
Key updated include:
- AI-assisted workflows: Early-preview VtdDocs and VtdConfig MCP servers support AI-based documentation lookup and configuration inspection and editing.
- Standards support: Expanded ASAM OpenSCENARIO functionality; OpenDRIVE support for newer file formats, enhanced parsing and export validation.
- Simulation updates: Improved path-following on roads with lane-height and road-shape features, overtaking in left-hand traffic, and unexpected traffic acceleration and deceleration behavior; stronger co-simulation support.
- Workflow and reliability: ROD startup and 2D project loading; packaging automation and automated testing expanded; fixes cover crashes, memory safety, numerical stability, communication and synchronization.
Cadence states that VTD 2026.1 is ISO 26262 ASIL-B qualified.
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