I have a manual fwd dodge neon that I’ve used my snow tires on, so it’s a similar experience. In places where I would have had to use a lot of wheel spin to get going, and sawing the wheel back and forth, snow tires would just bite into the snow and get me moving forward. It was really puzzling until I got used to it.

Helps a lot on muddy ground too, but it’ll throw dirt everywhere. And my summer tires are also Douglas tires lol.