Frankly, the game would be better off without the current racial bonus stats. I think at least some people besides me will be annoyed by them, and even those who don't will at best simply tolerate them. They aren't fun. They aren't interesting. They don't do anything that merely leveling doesn't do. Racial skills are interesting, if unbalanced currently, but the bonuses are unimaginative and boring as hell, and all they really do is restrict which races are optimal for what, which will just annoy some people and have no effect on others.
I kinda disagree.
I think it's ok to have racial bonuses that way. For players not used to RPG it guides them, so that's cool and experienced player know it's not that much of a big deal.
Plus it gives flavor. When you see the elves with +2 finesse or Lizard with +2 intelligence you already imagine these creature a certain way because the bonus tells you already something about the race.
So if you imagine a lizard society you will most likely envision them differently depending on what kind of racial bonus they have. So it adds a roleplay value more so than a strict +10% damage or whatever the bonus is.
