If we could make a system that gave different mechanics to every race for every check they made, that would be incredible, orcs get +4 when lifting objects, halflings get advantage when locating pork pies by smell, but without covering the world in leather we cover our feet and those situates are consolidated into the Ability score system, so that every situation undefined by the rules doesn't need to be dealt with individually
There were plenty of race-locked feats in 3e too, I didn't particularly care for those, but we'll see where One D&D goes.
