https://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39724
--- Comment #5 from Kolan Sh backbone@backbone.ws --- Today I've installed the game on Debian Jessie x86_64 WINEARCH=win32 for different combinations of wine (1.6.2-20, 1.7.29), fglrx (14.9, 15.9) versions (from jessie-backports too) and clean ~/.wine prefix. The game crashes often when you are leaving the race.
Other games: GTA San Andreas, NFS Underground, NFS Most Wanted (requires d3dx9_36 only) work without any lags or problems on this configuration.
In this case I trust the Wine more than this game. May be it makes incorrect read*() actions or violate any memory protections...