http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=57192
--- Comment #3 from mk939@ymail.com --- In case someone else runs into a similar issue - in the Irrlicht (a framework) source, I encountered a remark about this problem.
xinput2 should generally work better. Cross-reference to a 9 year old bug: https://gitlab.freedesktop.org/xorg/xserver/-/issues/600