[Bug 29598] New: eRacer demo: no text displayed

http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=29598

Bug #: 29598
           Summary: eRacer demo: no text displayed
           Product: Wine
           Version: 1.3.37
          Platform: x86
               URL: http://www.fileplanet.com/60483/60000/fileinfo/eRacer-
                    Online-Demo
        OS/Version: Linux
            Status: NEW
          Keywords: download
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: -unknown
        AssignedTo: [e-mail]
        ReportedBy: [e-mail]
    Classification: Unclassified

Created attachment 38346
  --> http://bugs.winehq.org/attachment.cgi?id=38346
terminal output

Text is missing from the game. Neither menu options nor in-game HUD are
displayed.

The game was developed by Rage Software in 2001. Some other titles released at
that time from this developer are also affected, e.g. Eurofighter Typhoon.
Hostile Waters is another game developed by Rage. When using the default gfx
options offered by the launcher, text in the game is shown correctly. However
there is a compatibility option in the launcher, named 'Use Compatible Upload'
(disabled by default). 
No idea what does this option do, but enabling it results in the same problem
as with eRacer: text is missing in the game.
Unfortunately this option is not used by either eRacer or Eurofighter Typhoon
so there is no way to work around the problem.

Steps to reproduce the problem with the demo:
1. Install the demo as usual.
2. Before starting the game remove/rename intro.avi located in eRacer/Gui/Avi
directory. Start the game by eracer.exe
3. You can see that the menu is displayed without any text.

Fedora 16
Nvidia 250 / driver 290.10
X.Org X Server 1.11.3