Let's min/max the rogue race selection.
The most important stats for a rogue are STR (directly raises attack power - primary DPS stat), STA (directly raises total health - can't DPS when you're dead), and MR (dragon roar sucks - can't DPS when you're feared).
If you're goal is to ever raid at 60, you'll want these stats as close to max as possible. You should have a 60 shaman and 60 enchanter with you at your raid, too. They'll be able to provide STR (+67), STA (+50), and MR (+55) buffs. This means your goal will be to have gear that reaches the soft cap of these stats minus the buffs.
STR: 188
STA: 205
MR: 200
The easiest of these to raise will be STR, and you cannot put rogue starting stats into MR, so I'd recommend max out starting stats in STA and put the rest into STR.
Barbarians obviously start with highest STR/STA.
Dwarfs have the second highest STR/STA and are the only rogue race that starts with +5 MR, so I feel like they have an advantage for stats because the target for STR and STA are obtainable for any of the races.
Humans, Gnomes, and Dark Elfs can wear robes, so they can wear
Robe of the Azure Sky if you're into that. It has great resists, but lower AC, no STA, and slightly less HP than
Skyshrine BP
Please consider that humans are blind in the dark.
Gnomes get tinkering, but only clerics and warriors can click the gear, so that shouldn't really be a factor when choosing race.
Halflings have an XP bonus and can immediately sneak/hide.
Dark elfs have the best vision and also start with sneak/hide.
Wood elfs gets forage and also start with sneak/hide. Other races get hide at level 3.
Half elfs have nothing worth mentioning.
Some of the things that used to matter was that gear was only available to certain races by size like Hero Bracers and Tree Weave, but that's irrelevant in Velious.