I've been trying to get GTA running, and I've tried Virtual PC, VMWare Server, and VirtualBox. All have issues.
Virtual PC:
The game actually runs, but as soon as I finish the first level, it crashes to this:
This file *does* exist. Also, this error message occurs if I try to quit normally. On my WinXP machine, if I quit normally, it quits normally, so this issue is definitely isolated to the VM.
Also, GTA UK doesn't work at all. Running it plays the intro FMV, and then it crashes to this:
VMWare Server:
Running it promptly makes it say this:
Also, I haven't figured out how to get sound working yet. It seems I need to install drivers, but I have no idea what drivers or where to get them.
VirtualBox:
Everything is horribly slow. It takes at least 10 minutes just to browse to the game's directory, and running the game makes the VM hang at a black screen.
Running:
Windows 10
Core i5-6600
Geforce GTX 970
8GB RAM