Assuming 10 years ago we were with version 5 you've now got -

Bullet Physics 

Soft Body

Dynamic Hair

Paint 

Non Linear Animation Clips

Mimic for Carrara ( plug in)

and

 What’s New in Carrara 8.5? ( as listed by Daz)

⦁ Native DSON Importer means seamless integration of:

⦁ TriAxTMWeight Mapped figures (Genesis, G2F, G2M)

⦁ General Weight Mapped figures

⦁ Legacy Parametric Figures (4th Generation and earlier)

⦁ DSON presets

⦁ Scenes

⦁ Scene Subsets

⦁ Wearable(s) Preset

⦁ Character Preset

⦁ Properties Preset

⦁ Shaping Preset

⦁ Pose Preset

⦁ Hierarchical Material(s) Preset

⦁ Material(s) Preset

⦁ Shader Preset (preset must be for a Carrara shader)

⦁ Camera(s) Preset

⦁ Light(s) Preset

⦁ Support for multiple UV sets (through Hierarchical Material(s) Presets and Material(s) Presets)

⦁ Native AutoFit functionality means:

⦁ Conversion of legacy parametric clothing to TriAxTM weigh mapped figures

⦁ Automatic Morph Projection quickly gives you the fit you need for your figure’s shape.

⦁ Automatic Weight Map Projection allows AutoFit clothing to bend and pose smoothly with the figure.

⦁ Morphs built into clothing are carried through the AutoFit process.

⦁ Improved Sequencer, Keyframing and Animation Tools

⦁ New keyboard shortcuts to:

⦁ Play/Stop animation

⦁ Advance the frame

⦁ Preview a frame

⦁ Key Frame Filters

⦁ Sample – Creates a key at every frame of the animation.

⦁ Smooth – Smooth out wild keys to get an even looking animation

⦁ Reduce – Programatically determine which keys are unecessary and eliminate them.

⦁ Graph Editor Box allows for fine tuning of animations

⦁ Easily adjust timing

⦁ Simple yet powerful manipulation of amplitude

⦁ Scale, and translate key frames along the Graph Editor.

⦁ Marquee selection of key frames for Graph Editor.

⦁ Smart Content and Daz Content Management System Integration.

Not all is perfect but then you're not paying $4000 for the software.