Yeah which they don't right now. Tbh, Glitch, Apex, Human, and Floran armor seem to be the best for racial differences when they get implemented. Avian's glide ability is surpassed with a butterflyboost tech and underwater breathing can be achieved with the survival gear. As for novakids, I think they get something lame like GLOWING armor.
Why don't they have loving stat differences. Humans are average and boring, Glitch are more durable at the expense of energy, Floran have more health but less armor, Hylotl are drowning in energy but are squishy as forget, Apex are somewhere between Humans and Hylotl, and Avians get to be somewhere between Floran and Glitch.
And then you have weapon differences with Humans balanced between ranged and melee damage, Glitch geared towards dealing forgettons of melee but ranged being used only to close the distance, Floran being good at melee but slightly worse than Humans at range, Hylotl geared towards ranged combat, Apex weapons focusing on hit-and-run tactics, and Avians being who gives a forget.
Oh wait for it to actually loving matter combat would have to not be the most boring stuff.