If you look at Talisantha and D&D, the main difference- besides "No Elves!", of course- is that Talisantha tries to pack all of the player races into one book. Going back to 2Ed, there are probably as many if not more races in D&D suitable for players' PCs right out of the MM (or other sourcebook) as are in Talisantha.
...it's just that most of them are optional. I mean, nobody uses ALL the races of the Underdark in their Underdark campaigns. And it isn't as if those running aquatic campaigns use Locathah, Sahuagin, Tritons, Aquatic Elves, Ixitxachitl, etc.
Ditto Spelljammer, Athas, and any other setting or subpart you can think of.
There simply isn't room.
So what you do is you pick out the core races and cultures that define your campaign world, and put in the work to give the players the details they need. Then, if that list is insufficient, let the players come to you:
"Is there something like ___________ in the campaign setting? I'd like to play something like this concept I have, and that race works well for it..."
And then work with them to flesh out their oddball. At that point, at least that player will definitely be buying in.
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) and 3 of our self made races They are not sure about elves, they only want them in if they are recognizably different as none of them is big on playing the current typical elves But that will be done They would also like to transfer a few Talislanta ideas And no drow haha And vampires are not going to be undead!
