http://bugs.winehq.org/show_bug.cgi?id=30484
--- Comment #2 from Mr Nobody limited_choice@hotmail.com --- Problem still present in wine-1.7.12 however now at least the simulation engine itself runs to some degree.
Free demo can be had from the following location, see appdb page for details of getting it to run;
http://rfactor.net/web/getfile/demo-installer/