I know its not a GOG game but I cant seem to find any answers anywhere.

I manged to get it to run a while ago (with a guide I can no longer find) but when i tried recently i couldnt remember the steps to get it working properly with dosbox.

I looked on youtube but there wasnt anything. I know its something to do with mounting a disc but I just cant remember how.

My google-fu has completely left me so if anyone has any info or links I would be grateful.

yea indeed, go to the dosbox enviroment, mount the drive your disc is on ( i presume you either use a real cd or have a virtual mount going on ) install the darn thing and run it

its been a while since i used dosbox but if memory serves me correct you can find a whole walkthrough if you use the dosbox wiki

Great game and I own the first one as well.

Used to love playing it at work in my downtime, especially with other workers or at home with the kids, taking turns ... the challenge was on.
Of course it is quite simplistic compared to modern racing games, but it solved that racing itch and worked well.

I don't think I have ever run it above Windows XP ... so been a while since I played it.

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OP - I'd forgotten about the game until you mentioned it, so went looking here at Wishlists and voted.

https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/microprose_formula_one_grand_prix

https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/microprose_grand_prix_2

https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games/grand_prix_manager_2

Those are the three I have, but many wishlists exist for them and others.

https://www.gog.com/wishlist/games#search=Grand%20Prix

Add a line similar to this to your DosBox conf file:

MOUNT D D:\DOSBOX\GAMENAME -t cdrom

That mounts the path as an optical drive with a drive letter D.

Obviously you need to change the letters and paths to match whatever is proper on your computer, and you also need to have the CD-ROM copied on your hard drive or some other media that you are mounting.

Yeah i cant find the ini file, not sure if i deleted it or what. As I said I really need a complete guide from start to finish describing each step.

Are you trying to mount a physical drive or a mere image?

As described here ...
https://www.tedmeat.com/2019/06/Microprose-Grand-Prix-2-With-Windows-10-Racing-Wheel-And-Pedals
... GP2 runs best on Dos Box ECE:
https://dosboxece.yesterplay.net/

1)
Create a folder for GP2, for instance D:\GP2

2)
Extract DosBox ECE into the above folder

3)
Copy a dosbox.conf file into the above folder
If you don't have one, copy it here:
https://github.com/ruscoe/dosbox-conf/blob/master/dosbox-0.74.conf

4)
Edit dosbox.conf by deleting everything below this line:
[autoexec]

... and add the following instead:
@echo off
mount c ".."
mount d e:\ -t cdrom
d:
cls
install
exit

Granted your CD-Rom is not called E:\, but G:\, use this line:
mount d g:\ -t cdrom

5)
Create a file called dosbox.bat with this content:
start DOSBox.exe -conf "dosbox.conf"

6)
Double-click on dosbox.bat and run the installation into the folder:
C:\GP2

7)
Edit dosbox.conf again by deleting everything below:
[autoexec]

... and add:
@echo off
mount c ".."
MOUNT d e:\ -t cdrom
c:
cd gp2
gp2
exit

8)
Run the game by double-clicking dosbox.bat

Question: What's the difference between this and Dosbox Staging?

Fair enough, given the view you're giving. But I like Staging's "Kicking and screaming into the future" approach.

Ok so i got it working

Excellent. I should have a go myself.