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The reason that the Hungarian double-acute is at a different angle to the single acute is simply that you cannot place two acutes next to each other if set at the flat angle as in the acute. You will find that most fonts have a double-acute angle different to the single, so this is standard practice. Changing the single acute angle to be steeper will offend all Western Europeans and have an impact on recognisability when compared to the grave.
In addition one can argue that were the acutes all the same angle there could be potential for confusion as to the identification to which character the acutes belong, particularly at small sizes and in low resolution environments. By differentiating the angle this confusion is avoided.