The recoil in 2042 is pretty easy to control with enough 'training'. I haven't played COD and cannot compare, but in older BF-titles the weapons were even harder to use (in general).
It takes some practice (especially if you are new to M&K), but if you keep up you will improve and at some point not even think about it anymore.
You could look at your mouse-sensitivity, if its too high it can make things even harder (aiming and recoil-control). Just remember tinkering with mouse sensitivity, can take some time to get used to.
You actually haven't had any good advice in this thread, but I'll give you some.
Yes, you are correct.. There IS plenty of recoil.
If you want less, increase your FOV.
You'll hear such terms as 'visual recoil', but in fact it's 'ACTUAL' recoil.
There are reasons to why you would choose either of these but try above(In relation to your post) and come back here with an update.
GL
