What about an half-orc druid or a wood-elf barbarian? They are way closer to their coulture.

Sure, there are some combinations that sounds more "out there" than others, but as you said fixed ASI were really, way too much, impactful. They tell really little about a race while limiting the roleplay in an extensive way.

Honestly? I play 5e since years, and when larian announced the final draft of classes and races I went in the wiki to see what I could play. To my horror I saw there for the first time the fixed ASI. I'm so used to floating ASI that I didn't even thought about BG3 using fixed ASI.

... because it's fun!