Need For Speed Shift Challenge
Driver Profile
Kate Hollywood
A determined competitor who has made it to the top levels of her sport as an Olympian, this blond bombshell has quickly become the face of the Australian Hockeyroos. Renowned for her speed and accuracy on the field, Kate’s ability to hold onto a stick while smashing opponents and balls at high speed means she has the killer hand strength and endurance needed for great gaming combined with the quick reflexes and vision needed to tame the racetrack. Having already made a name for herself as an on-field dynamo look out for Hollywood if she unleashes her trademark aggression behind the wheel during the hot lap.
Strengths
A strong and proven grip makes prolonged gameplay a cakewalk for her.
Weakness
A pocket rocket in the true sense of the phrase, she may struggle to see over her race car's steering wheel.
Team EA
As the representatives of one of the biggest and best video game companies in the world, Team EA are under pressure to perform at very high level. The team of Corbin Harris, Zoe Naylor, Kate Hollywood and Anthony Minichiello look like they have the right mix of skills and temperaments to do justice to the reputation of the makers of some of the biggest games in history including the Need for Speed series. Click through the team members profiles to learn more about them and their unique skill sets.
about celebrity challenge
The Need for Speed Shift Celebrity Challenge is a high octane showdown that pits the two biggest names in gaming against each other on the track and the console.
To celebrate the highly anticipated launch of the new Need for Speed Shift, Electronic Arts and Xbox have put together two teams to battle it out for honour and the ultimate in bragging rights. Featuring some of the biggest names in sports and television the teams will be putting their motoring skills on show with a hot lap at Oran Park Raceway before the battle heads inside and takes the duelling off the speedway and onto the screen with a round of Need for Speed Shift challenges.
Both teams will have to dig deep and bring a versatile range of skills to the plate with a brutal lead foot needed on the speedway and some vicious thumb strength and gaming experience called for once they hit the consoles.
Get a taste of what they are in for by watching the Need for Speed Shift video above, but just know it's a bare knuckle ride with the intensity powered along by pounding beats from some of the biggest names in hip hop and rock including Kanye West, The Prodigy, Kasabian, and MSTRKRFT.
Channel One Sports are going to be on hand to capture all the action in crisp HD so make sure you tune in to catch the excitement as these two teams go head to head in a bid to claim the mantle of Need for Speed Shift Champion.