Hi,
I don't think that will make any difference, though I can try this, but currently all our users are using CMAK in which the gateway option is default selected, but I can create a new profile for user and check this.
Also can it be something related to Window 11 OS or any specific patch, I have noticed that this one of other user was also facing slowness accessing the VPN and resource over VPN but all issues was resolved after sending a new laptop with windows 10 build OS.