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Not really. Nobara comes prepackaged with a plethora of game related utilities and tons of kernel tweaks and packages to optimize it for gaming, but I highly doubt any gamer could tell the difference, between it and mint in the middle of a game. Use the distribution you like that works well for you.
That's kinda what I was figuring. I've been using mint for several months now and I really like it and I've gotten it all adjusted to my preferences. I've checked out pop os, but I'm not a fan of the OS layout. It reminds me of android lol.
I'd argue it's more about having all the things preinstalled rather than the tweaks. Having steam ready with all the proton versions available in the compatibility drop-down (including GE) plus heroic, gamescope, mangohud, etc. waiting to be discovered, that all reduces friction for newcomers.
Steam and the other loaders (lutris, bottles...) take care of all the compatibility stuff just fine; the tweaks are actually the ones that can be bothersome to get, not that the performance difference matters much anyways...