First off, did you install it with the linux installer? Download it at http://www.liflg.org also, you may want to go ahead and install the latest version of wine. You can just add
deb http://wine.sourceforge.net/apt/ http://wine.sourceforge.net/ahttp://wine.sourceforge.net/apt/ binarypt/ binary/binary/
inside of synaptic, or /etc/apt/sources.list.
Then of course the reload, and update them.
I played the whole game through on Debian Sid with this method, the only problems with it was the occasional ugly texture on cars and such. Other than that, it worked quite fast (played it at 1600x1200 with all settings maxed) but then again, it's a pretty old game, and I have a 6800GT
Leech