Sorry if this has already been addressed, but has anyone noticed that each race is built based on what appears to be approx. 310 XP?

Example:

Humans

Staring XP: 110

Starting Arrtibs: All at level 1: 60 XP + All at level 2: 120 XP (Total of 180 XP for attribs)

Racial Abilities: 2 Free Non Career Skill Ranks: 20 XP

Total: 110+180+20=310 XP

Droids: (Some of these were guestimated)

Starting XP: 175

Starting Attribs: All at level 1: 60 XP

Immune to Toxins & Poisons: 20 XP

Doesn't Eat, Drink or Breathe: 10 XP

Implant Cap of 6: 20 XP

+1 Rank in Enduring: 10 XP

NO Force Capability: -10 XP

Increased Starting Skills: 15 XP

Total: 175+60+20+10+20+10-10+15=310 XP

I haven't checked all the official races, but if this works well it should make home brewing new races easier.

This sort of stuff has been around since the beginning of the EotE Beta days. There is no "official" formula, since a lot of these things are purely subjective (how much is "no Force capabilities" objectively worth, for instance?) and the balance exists in having had each species thoroughly play-tested. But if you can perceive a certain "value" assigned to the abilities of each of the species, then it would certainly give you a good idea of where to start when creating your own homebrewed species.

Thanks for adding them up. I assumed as much, but hadn't taken the time to do the calculations.

I figured someone had to have noticed this by now, but I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere. I get what you mean by the subjective nature of some abilities. If you made "No Force Capabilities" worth -30 XP and "Doesn't need to eat, drink or breath" worth 40 XP, the end result would still be the same. Without more information, there's no way to determine the actual point value for some features without guessing, but it does give a good base for race creation.

Yeah, this has been asked several times in the past. Here are links to some of those threads:

[species]: Cracking the Code

Building Aliens?

You'll find more links to older threads therein.