The compressed version doesn’t change what hardware you need. Here are the official requirements for Sleeping Dogs: Definitive Edition :

Disable Steam overlay (if using cracked version), or run in Windows 7 compatibility mode.

on PC, you are likely encountering "repacks"—versions of the game with heavily compressed installers designed to save download bandwidth. The Verdict on Highly Compressed Repacks

This is where CPU matters. A modern i5 or Ryzen 5 will finish in under 15 minutes. Older dual-core systems may take an hour. Do force-close the installer — it will appear frozen but is actually working.

Large cinematic cutscenes are sometimes re-compressed to a lower bitrate or resolution to save space.