https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=43502
--- Comment #6 from an0n1m0@hotmail.it --- (In reply to Fabian Maurer from comment #5)
"wine PathToApitraceExe trace -a d3d7 PathToGameExe" should work, depending on whether the game uses dx7 or dx8.
I tried this, the game runs but apitrace does not create any file (I also specified it using the --output param).