I recall these once shipped with a smaller coil as seen on most auto launch games of this era but was eventually updated to a stronger coil and bracket. Can you post a picture of the coil here? You might have an old style.

Actually, the game is referred to as either “Getaway” or “ High Speed II”, but never “Getaway II”. It was my intro into pinball a few years ago, and a great game. You are going to have a lot of fun with it. The Getaway owners thread is great if you’ve not already checked it out.

Check that the ball is not hitting this post as it passes.

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There is no variability in the strength of the launch. It is meant to be consistently the same strength every time. The switch is not the problem. As long as it activates, it works.

Check the connectors and solder joints on the high current driver board mounted below the playfield. This is where the plunger coil gets its power from. If something is wrong with those connections, it could result in lower coil power.

I'm having the exact same issue on my Getaway.
I've replaced male & female connectors on the driver board. Even had a new coil & sleeve so I've tried that.
Alignment seemed off as somebody had placed large washers under the plunger assembly. I've played with it until my wits end and it removed them, put them back. But the ball just shoots out really weak. At best it makes it up to the top and drops into the pops.
I've moved the rail as it was so weak it would hit the post but now it goes around the rail but still so slow.Can't really see anything rubbing on the plunge either in slo-mo video.

Any other ideas?

Just to be sure, you mean the high current board under the pf right? I know that one has caused this issue for many.

Yes I board under PF.

So I took my high current board over to my buddy's place and tried it in his Getaway. His shooter shots the ball very fast and strong. My high current board definitely worked like his when I swapped them. So I'm fairly certain that isn't the problem.
I've taken slo motion video of my ball launching and it looks like it moves fairly smooth and I don't believe that is the problem. It's just that the coil isn't firing the ball hard like his was. It's gotta be something to do with the electronics. I've inspected the connections on the driver board and reseated them. They all look fine and nothing visual can be noted.

Anybody have any ideas at this point? Voltage at the coil measured at 70v, and using max/min on my DMM I measured the voltage dropping to 50v at the low point when the coil is fired. I was told this is still fine by an expert. I'm stuck at this point with what to do. shotgun replace the connectors on the driver board which power this circuit??

are you using a shooter lane protector

I have hard time diagnosing so I usually swap out a known working board just to try an eliminate the electronics. Do you have a wpc mpu/ driver board you could try as well? My understanding would be if your high current works in your friends, you know its not that.
If a working driver doesnt solve it, then I would think its a connector or some hidden mechanical issue. But I dont know how much that main board comes into play.

Posting my follow up since I finally figured out my issue. I was lucky enough to have a buddy with a HS2 so I took my assembly over to his place and installed it in his pin. Same results as in my pin so that told me it was the problem. After closer examination and comparing the two I realized my plunger was a smaller tipped version and a bit shorter. I got lucky and had a spare new plunger in my parts collection and after install it now plungers hard and fast.