http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=16328
--- Comment #57 from Rico kgbricola@web.de 2009-02-10 10:43:06 --- I checked wines d3d9 on win xp and the game starts fine (without any patches for wines dlls). The menu looks good, but in the game the screen is black and only the mini map could be seen. So these patches shouldn't be needed for the game to start.
But on wine I'm stuck at the launch off .net, which is required by the social club stuff.