Mm. On the one hand, I feel "Freedom! Open World! Yaay!" is fun and fine.
On the other, I goddamn LOVE CP2020 and that ( the above) has NEVER been true. Never. Ne-var.
CP2020 is about trying to do the right thing - or the selfish thing that is right for you - and stay alive. Preferably profiting. While not getting mashed by the World.
So it's very much not consequence free - and harsh consequences.
The Wasteland is another arena for that to take place -a dn sometimes a solution to those City-borne consequences.
But it is not some Skyrim or even Witcher 3 Freedom Zone.
And I think Cyberpunk setting should take precedence over the idea of Open World Freedom. Everywhere.