I think overall it’s hard to judge without examining the bass itself. It always is easier with pictures if you could provide any. I understand there’s a crack on both sides but is it deformed?
A crack might influence the tone overall like different wood might to a certain degree. I don’t think as beginner it would make a difference to you. I think the main thing is the neck and the pickups since there also exist minimalist/plastic body builds of bass guitars and currently one of the builders of this community builds a bass guitar out of a cigar box.
I think a real problem would be deformation of the bass body itself or even the neck. If it was slammed holding the neck I can imagine it being deformed. I know most beginners are scared of damaging their instrument during a setup. I know I was. This video helped me a lot and might help you identify issues regarding a deformed neck. If step one on your bass doesn’t work for any reason I think it would need to be repaired/exchanged for a working model.
Another thing to setup/check is if the octave is clean. So using a tuner checking the empty string and the 12th fret for every string although this is an adjustable setting on the bridge.
@Eupher
But overall I think we need pictures to be of real help. You should be able to just copy & paste a picture from your clipboard into a post. I think it should work as just registered member.