Free Roaming is a Special Feature that appears in The Getaway, The Getaway: Black Monday and Gangs of London. The only playable character in the first Getaway is, Mark Hammond, who starts off driving a Caterham Super Seven. In Black Monday, it was expanded so that the characters Mitch, Eddie, Sam, Yuri, Jamahl, Zara, Viktor, Leo and Madame Celina could be all playable, including some secret cars. Free Roaming has no objectives, allowing the player to explore London with little hassle. Most of the buildings that are accessible in Missions cannot be entered without the use of cheats or glitches. In Free Roaming, many 'secret' vehicles can be found (see the map below for details).
In both of The Getaway games, the player cannot choose where they start off at. The characters are assigned specific locations which cannot be changed. In Gangs of London the player has an option to spawn in specific locations across London, and can start off in any vehicle of their choise.
In The Getaway, the player must first complete all 24 Missions in order to unlock Free Roaming, although a cheat code can be used to unlock it. In The Getaway: Black Monday, freeroaming is immediately available to play as Mitch. However, if the player wishes to play as other characters then they must work their way through the storyline. Completing all 22 Missions will unlock Viktor and collecting a certain amount of Keyrings during Missions will unlock Leo and Madame Celina.
In Gangs of London the player starts off with Free Roaming and has access to some of the characters and vehicles.
Map indicating where to find Hidden Cars in The Getaway