I just picked up a Ren 1000 xxc. I have and had outty 800 with offset wheels , nice tires and gas front hpg shocks and my brother has a Ren 800 with nice tires all g1s. I have rode my buddies 14 outty 800 as well. I always loved the way the outty rode. Going through the rough stuff and just regular handling I felt it was more forgiving and absorbed the trails. Even on hitting 90 degree corners I could slide my outty out and stay flat. The Ren 800 xxc was set up for my smaller brother and it has stock wheels but good tires but still on fast corners I could get tippy. And in trail I can race my outty faster because the Ren just wasn't set up for me I want to say. So this time around I just flipped a coin because I was drooling over that digi camo Ren xxc so I bought it. I wish it had some of the outty things and I'm always wondering why I just didn't get the outty xtp. Seat is smaller and harder of course because it's more for racing. No trunk at all! Gauges are cheesy compared to the outlander. You spend 14,000 on a machine you would expect to get nicer gauges. Needs bumpers! Needs fender flares because you will be just covered in water and mud! Sounds like I'm complaining but those issues are my problems. I can't wait to get the shocks set up correctly! It rides so nice right now but it will only get better. It was night and day riding once I pulled my offset wheels and tires from my outty and put them on. Wow. I'm always amazed on how much of a difference they make! So back to the main subject..... what's the difference, well the difference is a few things which are obvious. The outlander is definitely more user friendly and for most of us who want to trail ride and Ren is for the guys coming off sport quads , they will like it way better. Outlander has the storage, racks, bumper, winch, softer seat and nice fenders! !
Renegade has the looks (prior to mud flares IMHO), speed, less weight so a little more agile, better for jumping and racing, smaller front end so quicker in tighter trails maybe.
Ok so that's the obvious. Basically they are the same damn quad. One has fenders the other doesn't. The main difference is the trailing arms (and maybe the A arms... I haven't looked at to many G2s)
Now that's where the ride might change. I wish I could explain how or why they use different arms and what are the pros and cons to them ? I think this whole topic really boils down to that one part, the arms of the beast.
Please someone feel free to continue where I left off explaining the arms situation.